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Weekly Update On The Dailies

It was another dismal week for the daily newspaper industry. Here in Minneapolis, the Star Tribune could only muster 6 pages of employment classifieds on Sunday for thye 2nd week in a row (actually it was about 4 with 2 pages of filler). At that level, the paper has got to be inching ever closer [...]

Star Tribune One Step Closer To Bankruptcy…

According to the New York Post, which for some reason has zeroed in on the saga, the Minneapolis Star Tribune has approached its creditors and asked for a 6 month delay in making debt payments. The story reports that the creditors (Credit Suisse being he biggest) are resisting the appeal and are demanding that Avista [...]