It’s been around for a few months, but this ad from a Finnish newspaper offers the opportunity for some thought — What if it were the Internet that was dying and newspapers that were the upstart media?
Somewhat related: MinnPost’s David Brauer reports the Pioneer Press’ owners have emerged from bankruptcy, with the company’s president scoring a big payday.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins