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More Embarrassing Coverage Of Star Tribune Debacle In New York Times
2007-07-09 09:38:07
David Carr has written another excellent column on the front page of the New York Times business section today entitled “Ethics Tenet Is on Trial In Minnesota.” As many observers from across the country have done in the past few months in covering the civil trial of Par Ridder, Carr provides more scathing commentary on Ridder, the Star Tribune, and Avista Capital. The severe lapse in judgement, the laughably pathetic defense put forward in the trial, and the apparent lack of any action being taken by Avista are continuing to serve as an embarrassment to the Twin Cities.Tags: Star Tribune, Par Ridder, David Carr, Decline of the Daily Papers
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Jobing Buys LocalCareers.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Partners With Monster
2007-06-27 11:02:33
Another daily paper has thrown in the towel and completely ceded its employment classified business to Monster. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has apparently decided it cannot possibly manage this portion of its business, so it has outsourced its job classifieds to Monster. As has been discussed before (here and here), I cannot imagine what would compel a daily paper to think that a partnership with Monster could create any value for its business over the long-term. The only thing these partnerships accomplish for a daily paper is conditioning that paper’s online readers to go elsewhere for employment-related classifieds and services.
In M&A activity in the space, which hasn’t slowed down at all in recent months, Jobing.com has acquired LocalCareers.com, a Milwaukee-based job board serving local markets around the U.S. While terms of the deal were not disclosed, I hope the price wasn’t too high. LocalCareers appears to be a fairly ordinary job board that does lit ...
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