Random Articles

• RE: Pioneer Press to Launch ‘e-paper’ Every couple of years, the idea of delivering a frozen PDF instead of a living, breathing website hits my radar 1. This is the first time it hit’s this close to home. “Presumably, you’ll now be able to pay a premium to have a format that less searchable, doesn’t get corrected or updated the same way
• Star Tribune Re-arranging Deck Chairs This week the Star Tribune launches their much (internally) debated redesign. It’s been previously dissed by City Pages and MNSpeak. This morning, I read the special 8 page pullout outlining the “new features” and the editor’s comments on it. I’m less than impressed and - even with 3 cups of coffee - still un-enthused. Here’s a
• That Giant Buzzing Sound You Hear is Me-dia Filtering and Aggregating Fellow local me-dia mogul Chuck Olsen got some nice press in the Sunday Strib this week. A nice write up, and I’m glad Chuck got the press - he deserves it. Afterwards though, I had the distinct feeling that the Strib, in their haste to cover every base, actually missed the interesting bits (that you
• MNSpeak is the New City Pages The Star Tribune’s Jon Trevlin writes a FUD-mongering piece on “the City Pages’ parent’s possible merger“. In his first 2 sentences there’s; an ‘if’, a ‘may’, and two ‘mights’. As a sign of things to come, Rex at MNSpeak pointed me to the online article. I read MNSpeak 2-3 times a day, during my
• Stop the Presses - Save the Journalism NickelNuts pointed me to an article by media lawyer, Steven P. Aggergaard article via instant messaging, I read it in my web browser, and then posted this to a weblog. Aggergaard is arguing we need to keep paper in newspaper - because that equals journalism and full-time jobs. Despite all the costs and overhead he lists