Minneapolis' Star Tribune files Chapter 11

[SidDithers]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iBBIf_8lTEpNPx9RUpFsZ9TSGHIwD95O2I9G0

That's where I've been going for coverage of the MN Senate race. The information they had about the ballot challenges, with the ability to view each challenged ballot, was particularly good.

The future looks dim for newspapers.

Sid

[hadrons]

1. I believe the Minneapolis' Star Tribune endored Coleman for Senate ...

Just like the Chicago Tribune, going broke due the policies they supported

[SidDithers]

3. You're right. I hadn't seen that before now...

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/editorials/33243874.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUT

I thought their recount coverage was very fair. But if they're Coleman backers, then fuck 'em. I hope they drown.

Sid

[mnmoderatedem]

2. They've already jettisoned Katherine Kerstan

And any of us who've read her columns realize that's a good thing....

[hadrons]

4. Yes ... lovely woman ....

[mnmoderatedem]

6. ewwww.....

give her clown makeup, and she could be the female Joker...

[ogneopasno]

5. It's owned by an investment firm in NY. Like most newspapers, it started to fail when investors

started demanding 25 percent to 30 percent returns, which, combined with declining ad sales and rising newsprint costs, became untenable.