Obama-Romney, Minnesota gay marriage polls: the crosstabs
With a new poll showing the president back in a comfortable lead in Minnesota and the marriage amendment a nail-biter, the details behind the numbers.
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Digital boosts Pioneer Press, Star Tribune circulation — but local web use mixed
Each Twin Cities daily could take good news from Tuesday’s Audit Bureau of Circulations reports.
Obama up only 3 in Minnesota? Is that plausible?
The Star Tribune’s new Minnesota Poll shows Minnesota in play with Obama leading Romney 47-44 percent.
Why the St. Paul Pioneer Press dropped political endorsements
The more conservative Twin Cities paper tries not telling you its political favorites.
Star Tribune shock poll: the methodology behind the Nolan-Cravaack outlier
In a race even dueling operatives say is within a couple of points, a plus-7 Nolan result raises eyebrows.
A major league mistake by a minor league candidate
Over a 500,000 Minnesotans received the message Sunday on their doorstep that Kurt Bills couldn’t spare even one hour with the largest newspaper in the state to talk about his campaign.
Mapping the newspaper war, 25 years after the Star Tribune invaded Pioneer Press turf
With paid ads falling, circulation is more important to newspapers than ever. But executives who launched the Star Tribune’s incursion into St. Paul Pioneer Press territory 25 years ago would find a very familiar map today.
Mike Gelfand’s ‘KQ Morning Show’ confessions
Sidelined by a sleep disorder, Tom Barnard’s comic relief says he wasn’t local radio’s Alan Colmes, but a political humbling led to personal peace.
Why did the Star Tribune let Matt Birk talk while ignoring Chris Kluwe?
The paper, while downplaying coverage of the Vikings’ punter’s pro-gay-marriage stand, published an ex-Vikings’ response on Sunday.
As Vikings wrecking ball looms, Star Tribune HQ gets Associated Press as tenant
Wire service signs “multi-year” lease in building currently being marketed for Vikings-area redevelopment.
Star Tribune sells 2,000 e-books on Dakota War series
A series that took four months to prepare for the newspaper tops Bill O’Reilly in the e-book charts.
What do we know of the Star Tribune’s soon-to-be majority owner?
A secretive Lake Minnetonka private equity firm is widely expected to gain control of the newspaper.
Examining Wayzata Investment Partners’ business deals
The private equity firm comes by its secretive nature naturally.
Fargo Forum blasted for rejecting same-sex marriage ads
The newspaper is under fire for rejecting a same-sex couple’s announcement of their legal marriage in New York.
Local TV stations look forward to revenue boost from election, Olympics
Stations are poised for a big bounce fueled by political ads and the advertising bonanza provided by weeks of Olympics coverage.
Sloppy reporting on Minneapolis, St. Paul population growth
This week’s reports on the Met Council’s 2010-11 population growth estimates is somewhat unfair to the ‘burbs and, in a way, to the cities, too.
Do Minnesota journalists let politicians rewrite quotes?
A New York Times story documents political journalists letting pols and their spokespeople massaging quotes. Locals say that doesn’t happen here … yet.
Star Tribune’s purple bags of spam
The risk here is that the StarTribune may take on the tactics we’ve seen used in the Yellow Pages industry.
Don’t put your Amy Senser story next to an ad with a roadside ditch
When Senser and sensibilities collide.
Amid newspaper industry woes, stadium deal could help Star Tribune
The Star Tribune could get a financial shot in the arm not from selling ads, but from selling land.
