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The very well-intentioned proposal to place a moratorium on hotel building permits is probably unnecessary at this time (and probably will be for the next six y
Lakeshore Weekly News all shut down shortly after Covid hit last year.
Despite casualties, two venerable publishers are still standing.
Last year the St. Paul-based
Villager (once known as the
Highland Villager) started asking readers to shell out $59.88 for 26 editions per year. That works out to $4.99 per month. “It’s the cost of a cup of coffee,” says Michael Mischke, publisher and owner.
But it’s also a tougher sell.
“It’s a very difficult thing for a paper that’s been free since 1953 to begin asking for subscriptions when I’m still forced to [home] deliver for free for the benefit of our advertisers,” says Mischke. “[But] the advertising dollars just don’t support it anymore, and that was the case even before Covid.”
A Timeline of Minnesota s Alternative Media
Last fall the Star Tribune Media Company scapegoated the coronavirus and unceremoniously pulled the plug on alt-weekly City Pages after a 41-year run. The only appropriate tribute? A snarky history of alternative presses in the Twin Cities.
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Images courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society ( Goodhue, Der Wanderer, U of M team, Roy Wilkins); StudioSmart (gavel), Robuart (peace), Nito (flag); Deb Hopp (Twin Cities Reader); from Alamy stock photo: Everett Collection Historical (Parks); Tsuni / USA (Lizzo)
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James M. Goodhue prints the territoryâs first paper,
The Minnesota Pioneer. On its pages, Goodhue attacks Judge David Cooper. Cooperâs brother responds by stabbing Goodhue in the street, to which Goodhue responds by shooting him.