Author: Brian Lambert

I gotta tell ya, it is a real, “Where to begin?” situation following the no-ups and all-downs of the Star Tribune lately. Indecision over where to begin may explain why what follows is even more scatter-shot and incoherent than usual. 1. As expected, Guild employees of the Star Tribune voted overwhelmingly yesterday to accept the…

Pressured by a small group of colleagues inclined to take the buy-out offer presently on the table, Guild employees at the Star Tribune are expected to accept company terms in a 4 p.m. meeting/vote today. A similar vote yesterday fizzled when Guild members had too many unanswered questions to vote. The offer from Avista Capital…

Being a fellow of modest dreams some days all I want to be is the Readers’ Representative for a big city newspaper, like the Star Tribune. If my dream came true I’d write something like this: . . . Hi, everyone. By now you’ve probably heard of big changes at this paper you’re reading. It…

I see a string of legitimate questions piling up in the “comments” area, about the latest Strib carnage and other topics, and I vow to generate a post dedicated entirely to answering them in the very near future. But among recent comments was this one: . . “As one who’s felt the sting of “dynamic…

Here are the most general ratings. All listeners 12 and older. Comparing the fourth quarter of ’06 with the first quarter of ’07. — — KQRS-FM – 7.2 – 8.0 WCCO-AM – 8.2 – 7.4 KEEY-FM – 6.9 – 6.2 – (K102) KNOW-FM – 4.5 – 5.8 – (MPR News) KDWB-FM – 4.6 – 4.6…

One by one Strib reporters have been summoned in to a private meeting today with top Strib editors and told what their fate will be — reassignment, opportunity to reapply for current position, opportunity to apply for reassignment, etc. By reports describing post-interview expressions from “glum” to “despondent” to out-right tears, few Strib writers apparently…