Save The Strib!

As Ellen Mrja of The Same Rowdy Crowd pointed out last week, the launch of SaveTheStrib.com arrives with a heavy dose of irony. The employees of the Star Tribune have turned to the very medium that helped render obsolete the very economic model that has sustained newspapers in an effort to save theirs. I grew up [...]

Star Tribune Online

Yesterday, David Brauer did a nice piece on the Star Tribune’s first online experiment in 1981. Here’s the video he posted along with the story: The commenters on the story include people who actually participated in these services. It’s absolutely fascinating to read their input. I immediately thought of Star Tribune Online, the paper’s proprietary AOL-like for-fee [...]

Music Marketing Through Blogs, or How I Tuned Out & Discovered New Bands

05.26.06 @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles CA Originally uploaded by voxtrot I was trolling Upcoming.org last night to see what shows were coming up and it occurred to me just how important MP3 blogs have become for marketing music and bands. As a frustrated musician, I love music. As those of us who are passionate about our [...]

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