Posted on 09/18/2007 7:28:09 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg
A judge ruled today that Star Tribune publisher Par Ridder must step down from his job after he was accused of wrongdoing by his former employer, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, which had sought to have him removed.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
It leaves the Star Tribune without a leader at a time when business continues to deteriorate. The paper’s advertising director, Mike LaBonia, announced his resignation earlier this month. The newspaper industry in total has seen rapid decline of both classified and display advertising revenues. The Star Tribune has lost 20 percent of its staff in two rounds of voluntary buyouts this year.
Anyone wonder why?
The great thing about America is people have the right to run their company into the ground.
Instead of using their rag to force PC garbage down our throats perhaps they should consider what the customer actually wants.
Hopefully, Nick Coleman will resign in protest.
I couldn’t agree with you more. His liberalism isn’t only loud, it’s flatulent.
Better yet I hope he takes charge...put the final nail in the coffin
“A judge ruled today that Star Tribune publisher Par Ridder must step down from his job after he was accused of wrongdoing...”
Apparently he wasn’t up to Par.
Of the two biggest newspapers in the Twin Cities, one will become the last-one-standing before this decade is out.
It’s happened throughout all the major outlets and it always begins with downsizing, buyouts, editorial conspiracies and eventually a purchase and purge.
Ping
Maybe because they need more writers like Katherine Kersten?
They are blatantly left-leaning whereas being "fair and balanced" has a nice ring to it!
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