Media
The Twin Cities’ community newspapers are struggling to survive
As more and more dailies shed staff or fold, community papers are an even more important and often overlooked part of the media landscape — and just as endangered.
newspapers
Economic Vitality in Greater Minnesota
Against the odds: How Minnesota’s community newspapers hold on in the digital age
“I love this job,” Swift County Monitor-News publisher Reed Anfinson said in his office in Benson. “What I worry about is what replaces me.”
New Americans
How a Minnesota paper became one of the world’s leading sources of Ethiopian news
Aside from the print newspaper, ZeHabesha has a robust online edition and a strong presence on social media, with more than a million followers on Facebook.
Media
So what is ‘service journalism,’ anyway?
In the wake of last week’s controversy over the Mpls.St.Paul Magazine cover, another curiosity raised its head. Namely, what exactly is service journalism?
Business
Pioneer Press to sell its printing plant, have Star Tribune print its newspapers
The change won’t affect the content or delivery of the Pioneer Press, its publisher says. About 170 jobs will be lost at the St. Paul plant.
Political Agenda
Rene Sanchez is named editor of Star Tribune
He replaces Nancy Barnes, who last month announced she was leaving to be editor of the Houston Chronicle.
Business
Modern media: Plain Dealer, Vice news items tell the tale
Flashy, hip and irreverent is winning. Serious and traditional is losing. And some newspapers are on a downward spiral.
Braublog
Wayzata Investment Partners gains Star Tribune control
Majority control gives Wayzata unilateral rights to appoint the board of directors (which must approve a sale or merger) and change company bylaws.
Braublog
End of Pioneer Press no-layoff era … but more celebrity coverage?
Proposed labor deal will give management — and new owners — greater power to control staff size.
