tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post4725192188142667109..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: No alternativeMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-55087622633184769982015-05-07T17:04:42.374-05:002015-05-07T17:04:42.374-05:00The alternative press credo has always been to &qu...The alternative press credo has always been to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." There's no entity more comfortable in the MN metro than the DFL and their NGOs and all the nod and wink accounting methods. The Strib's made a couple of polite pokes into this since Taylor bought the paper; it boggles the mind to think of the lefty night-sweats a true watchdoog investigative journalist could turn up with a little encouragement (backing).3john2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05359114327414576258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-65382168519621422982015-05-07T16:24:06.169-05:002015-05-07T16:24:06.169-05:00If indeed adult advertising is a big market, we co...If indeed adult advertising is a big market, we could end up seeing another alternative newspaper showing up. The question is whether I would want to read it after seeing the ads.<br /><br />That said, I don't know that the City Pages really offered much of an alternative to the Strib. Both were pretty monochrome in what they did in about the same way.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-31232040202808701702015-05-07T11:04:30.048-05:002015-05-07T11:04:30.048-05:00I'm wondering how this might play out in the P...<i>I'm wondering how this might play out in the Pages, and if we might not see more investigative opportunities for folks such as Gary Gross or Sheila Kihne.</i><br /><br />Now <b>that</b> would be an alternative.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-43890712592068440292015-05-07T10:01:07.921-05:002015-05-07T10:01:07.921-05:00Left unmentioned is that the Strib was recently pu...Left unmentioned is that the Strib was recently purchased by Glen Taylor, a Republican. While his conservatism may be questioned by some (or many), he's the closest thing this market has seen to a Rupert Murdoch or Roger Ailes in some time (and will no doubt be branded as such). Since taking over, the Strib has run more stories than the Left is used ot seeing on corruption and institutionalized rent-seeking in the legislature and the Mpls school district. I'm wondering how this might play out in the Pages, and if we might not see more investigative opportunities for folks such as Gary Gross or Sheila Kihne. 3john2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05359114327414576258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-900355733859653702015-05-07T09:28:45.896-05:002015-05-07T09:28:45.896-05:00Very sad, especially the announcement that CP will...Very sad, especially the announcement that CP will no longer carry the adult ads. Like it or not there needs to be an outlet for those businesses.<br /><br />In a related note, what about the Strib's new website design? Looks like they are trying to go upscale, right down to copying the WSJ's illustrated author heads. But the font choice is hard to read and the narrow-band layout ... ick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com