What would dad say (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Getting ink (PR) for a small company is always tough. When you compete with the daily local newspaper, as we do with the Minneapolis Star Tribune, it is nearly impossible. They are a bit sensitive that JobDig is taking market share away with our significantly better value proposition. Which is why when PC Magazine [...]
Content Matters (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Via PaidContent comes word that private equity firm Avista has written down 75% of its original investment in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The firm acquired the Star-Tribune in late 2006 for $530 million. In a letter to shareholders, Avista states "In...
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune Avista Capital Partners, which bought the Strib in March 2007, explains the big write-down to investors: "In the past year, the newspaper industry has suffered greater than expected declines in circulation and advertising revenue, particularly in print classified advertising. The outlook in the near to medium term remains uncertain." Avista adds that the paper "currently has...
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
Nancy Barnes, the editor of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, writes for Sunday's paper about how the newspaper picks the stories that it chooses to have its reporters dig into, and uses a recent real estate series as an example. Barnes writes, “It is also reflected in how we choose to use our resources. Last week, for example, [...]
Tom's MAD Blog (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
As promised, here is the newspaper illustration I did last week for the Minneapolis Star Tribune: It’s the cover of a special baseball season preview section that ran on Sunday. The giant players are (left to right) Jim Thome, C.C. Sabathia and Miguel Cabrera. This is a JPEG of the illustration in situ on the digital [...]
