Comments on: Strib: The latest cut is the deepest http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/strib-the-latest-cut-is-the-deepest Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jason http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/strib-the-latest-cut-is-the-deepest#comment-201167 Jason Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:26:14 +0000 #comment-201167 I am continually amazed at how few publications and ad sellers ever contact ad buyers at smaller agencies. Five years ago I heard from a different ad sales person every day or so...now I don't get contacted once a month. Perhaps it is a self fulfilling outcome? Never ask, never get. I am continually amazed at how few publications and ad sellers ever contact ad buyers at smaller agencies. Five years ago I heard from a different ad sales person every day or so…now I don’t get contacted once a month. Perhaps it is a self fulfilling outcome? Never ask, never get.

]]> By: aeklund http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/strib-the-latest-cut-is-the-deepest#comment-201082 aeklund Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:30:27 +0000 #comment-201082 <p>Not meant to be a plug but a contextual link. I interviewed Joel Kramer at Ciceron.tv, so if you're interested in MinnPost's business model, you can watch it <a href="http://ciceron.tv/2008/06/mass-exodus-episode-2/">here</a>.</p> Not meant to be a plug but a contextual link. I interviewed Joel Kramer at Ciceron.tv, so if you’re interested in MinnPost’s business model, you can watch it here.

]]> By: Kate Iverson http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/strib-the-latest-cut-is-the-deepest#comment-201073 Kate Iverson Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:15:11 +0000 #comment-201073 But what are all those Edina ladies going to read when they aren't busy shopping at Chico's? Oh yeah, Twin Cities Luxury and Fashion. But what are all those Edina ladies going to read when they aren’t busy shopping at Chico’s?

Oh yeah, Twin Cities Luxury and Fashion.

]]> By: Tom Bartel http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/strib-the-latest-cut-is-the-deepest#comment-201072 Tom Bartel Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:06:10 +0000 #comment-201072 <p>Marq was a dreadful idea in the first place that never should have been published. To call the articles journalism or the writers journalists is a slander on journalists. I think <a href="http://www.secretsofthecity.com/magazine/reporting/rakish-angle/purple-prose" target="_blank">I mentioned this once</a> when I was a journalist.</p> Marq was a dreadful idea in the first place that never should have been published. To call the articles journalism or the writers journalists is a slander on journalists. I think I mentioned this once when I was a journalist.

]]> By: miller http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/strib-the-latest-cut-is-the-deepest#comment-201047 miller Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:03:36 +0000 #comment-201047 David - Point taken. But your item could be confusing to the reader who isn't familiar with the relationship between the news room and marketing at StarTribune. Journalists seem to be overly concerned with changes that affect other journalists, and less interested in the toll on other professions. David -
Point taken. But your item could be confusing to the reader who isn’t familiar with the relationship between the news room and marketing at StarTribune. Journalists seem to be overly concerned with changes that affect other journalists, and less interested in the toll on other professions.

]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/strib-the-latest-cut-is-the-deepest#comment-201044 justpbob Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:41:22 +0000 #comment-201044 Nonsence. I was promised a fying car, a summer vacation on the moon, and holographic television. Don't you read "Popular Mechanics?" Nonsence. I was promised a fying car, a summer vacation on the moon, and holographic television.

Don’t you read “Popular Mechanics?”

]]> By: Jason DeRusha http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/strib-the-latest-cut-is-the-deepest#comment-201043 Jason DeRusha Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:38:35 +0000 #comment-201043 Ten years ago I listened to a talk at Marquette Univ. about how the economy is shifting to where we'll all be contract-workers/freelancers. We're close to that already, considering how freely people move from one company to the next. Ten years ago I listened to a talk at Marquette Univ. about how the economy is shifting to where we’ll all be contract-workers/freelancers. We’re close to that already, considering how freely people move from one company to the next.

]]> By: dbrauer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/strib-the-latest-cut-is-the-deepest#comment-201039 dbrauer Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:27:13 +0000 #comment-201039 Nothing Kramer-specific ... the future is promised to no one, especially right now ... Nothing Kramer-specific … the future is promised to no one, especially right now …

]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/strib-the-latest-cut-is-the-deepest#comment-201037 justpbob Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:58:54 +0000 #comment-201037 That's quite the vote of confidence for Kramer's Folly, dbrauer.... That’s quite the vote of confidence for Kramer’s Folly, dbrauer….

]]> By: dbrauer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/strib-the-latest-cut-is-the-deepest#comment-201034 dbrauer Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:53:36 +0000 #comment-201034 miller - Hey, freelancers are journalists, too! I used to be one and probably will be again ... miller -

Hey, freelancers are journalists, too! I used to be one and probably will be again …

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