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The end is near and the prices are unbelievable, ctd.
The Consumerist, a consumer rights blog of some national note, has picked up on the Twin Ports based LTD Jewelry’s “Second Coming” 50 percent off jewelry sale ad. We’ve been talking about this all week. Countdown to Good Morning America? I say Saturday morning. Related posts: No related posts.
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The end is near and the prices are unbelievable
In addition to being the most prolific voice on Minnesota news Twitter, @NewsCut (MPR’s Bob Collins) has broken open the story I only dreamed of exposing. He found shaky YouTube footage of the LTD Jewelry ad from Superior, Wis., featuring the “Second Coming Sale” that I wrote about a couple days ago. He also talked…
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When the (precious) metal ones come for you
Normally I’ll let the eccentric northern Minnesota TV advertisements go without notice here on the blog. There are just too many and one could really allow this sort of thing to consume a blog of its very own. There’s the aggressive wardrobe, hair and makeup choices of the one furniture store spokeswoman. Then there’s the…
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In Bemidji, Larry the Cable Guy completes notable task
Redneck, blue collar, and white sock comedian Larry the Cable Guy performed in Bemidji in north central Minnesota last night. Comedians wander through Minnesota all the time but I did enjoy this Facebook video of Larry the Cable Guy giving the daily announcements at Bemidji High School on Tuesday. At BHS students produce the daily…
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Longtime mustachioed Range, Duluth anchor to retire
Longtime news anchor Dennis Anderson of WDIO/WIRT, the ABC affiliate in the Duluth, MN, TV market (northern Minnesota and Wisconsin) announced he will retire in the next six months or so. This according to a story from my mentor Mike Simonson of Wisconsin Public Radio in Superior. Anderson is a solid regional journalist with a…
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Online media discussion to electrify Twin Ports radio, heat up sexy demo
I’ll be back at the University of Wisconsin-Superior Friday to appear on Final Edition on 91.3 KUWS, an affiliate of Wisconsin Public Radio. I worked for KUWS in both my undergraduate and graduate college years, first as a news reporter and later as operations manager. Fun fact: KUWS used to be some kind of study…
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Paul Bunyan flash mob, a folk tale
KAXE-Northern Community Radio is expanding, forming a new affiliated station in Bemidji called KBXE. Northern Community Radio is more than radio; it’s internet, news and original programming across the northern Minnesota spectrum. Anyway, to bring attention to the upcoming changes organizers staged a “Paul Bunyan flash mob,” in honor of Bemidji’s famed Paul Bunyan and…
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Internet, AV nerds to unite in powerful alliance
This New American Foundation blog post describes how the world of crazy public access television activism is merging with the world of crazy online journalism, forming a new, perhaps more powerful network of people who lack social skills but are, nevertheless, VERY CONCERNED about zoning. I kid, of course. This is important. Like radio, once…
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The trials, tribulations of Range papers, mine salvage operations
A couple of interesting items to point out from Business North this week. This Beth Bily story from explains the “growing pains” of Magnetation, the new company producing iron ore products from salvaged iron ore dumps piled up years ago. The company continues to expand, but the story shows how close it came to collapsing…
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COLUMN: Goin’ viral (a good thing, I think)
This is my column for the Sunday, May 23, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Goin’ viral (a good thing, I think)By Aaron J. Brown By now, if you are at all inclined to care, you’ve seen the “Come Home Bob” campaign sponsored by the Iron Range Convention and Tourism Board. The gist is…
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The Come Home Bob meta-interview
It’s that extra special season where I’m too busy to post but there’s tons going on. There’ll be a few more posts tonight. Most of my stress right now is coming from the upcoming Dylan Days, an arts event like no other based in the heart of Minnesota’s Iron Range May 27-30, 2010. I’m laying…
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Taking care of business, retirement-style
When I was in college studying print journalism (which is a little like being in the Roman Empire studying the concept of “forever”) I had the chance to write freelance copy for Wayne Nelson at Business North. It is from Wayne that I learned the important lesson that just because a son has the same…
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And the meek shall inherit the media
So we’ve learned that Newsweek is for sale after this past’ year’s coordinated campaign to reduce its circulation and become more of a niche publication, and that its editor Jon Meacham is trying to lead an investment group to buy it outright. I might be speculating beyond my pay grade, but isn’t it interesting that…
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My first Iron Range economic post for MinnEcon
Today I pull another media crossover/convergence/synergy gambit with this inaugural contribution to the MinnEcon blog by Minnesota Public Radio. I’ll be offering occasional video and text reports on the Iron Range economy as it relates to the state economy as a whole. This first one talks about how the Range economy is emerging from a…
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Peppermint Patty and Marcie up north
You all know I love living in northern Minnesota and talk about it all the time. But why? Well, there’s the trees and lakes and history, but that’s just stuff I write books about. No, I’m a media person and I judge a place by its media. And northern Minnesota is the only place in…