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The Star Tribune is partnering with CarSoup.com to sell vehicles online.
The Star Tribune is cutting about 100 jobs as Minnesota's largest newspaper further trims costs after emerging from bankruptcy protection.
Two prominent Minnesota businessmen are seeking to become minority owners of the Star Tribune.
Newspaper companies that have emerged from bankruptcy protection:
The Star Tribune emerged from bankruptcy protection Monday with its main lenders becoming the new owners and its debt slashed by 80 percent.
The Star Tribune is preparing to emerge from bankruptcy protection and is actively seeking a new publisher.
A federal judge cleared the Star Tribune of Minneapolis on Thursday to emerge from bankruptcy protection by the end of the month under a reorganization that puts Minnesota's largest newspaper in the hands of its main lenders.
Status of some of the newspaper publishers that have filed for bankruptcy protection:
When the Star Tribune emerges from bankruptcy protection later this month, Minnesota's largest newspaper will be far leaner than it once was — but with the same pressure to generate revenue.
A former publisher of The Wall Street Journal and the head of a newspaper company are among four new board members chosen by the Star Tribune's main lenders to lead the newspaper after it emerges from bankruptcy protection.
The purple No. 4 jerseys with "FAVRE" on the back were already in heavy circulation around the Twin Cities and it seemed almost inevitable that Brett Favre would end his second retirement to join the Minnesota Vikings.
The Star Tribune's main lenders will become its new owners and choose new management under a reorganization plan designed to help the financially struggling newspaper emerge from bankruptcy protection in September.
A Teamsters official says the union representing drivers and the Star Tribune have tentatively agreed to a contract.
A Teamsters official says the union and the Star Tribune have agreed to postpone a bankruptcy court hearing set for next week on the newspaper's request to cancel its contract with unionized drivers.
A tentative three-year contract agreement has been reached between the Star Tribune and the union representing nearly 275 newsroom workers.
A state investigative report said a surgeon performed an appendectomy on the same patient twice after he mistakenly removed a piece of fatty tissue instead the first time. The Star Tribune reported that the surgeon realized his mistake two days after the first operation after a hospital pathologist reported what was removed was "not an appendix."
The Star Tribune of Minneapolis and leaders of its printer's union reached a new deal Friday just hours before a judge was to rule on whether the nation's 15th-largest newspaper could void a labor contract to achieve $3.5 million in annual savings.
The Star Tribune says it's not looking for the financing that companies often seek during bankruptcy protection. That would be a good thing for the newspaper, since such loans are hard to come by these days.
The Star Tribune and the Newspaper Guild ended talks this week after they were unable to agree on management's request for concessions, setting the stage for a possible bankruptcy filing by Minnesota's largest newspaper.
A federal judge has set bond at $25,000 for the man suspected of mailing more than 120 hoax anthrax letters nationwide.
The future of the St. Paul Pioneer Press has been a question mark for years, but never more so than now. It was sold, then put up for sale again, on the same day. By the owner of the rival Star Tribune.
Editorial: Rancor won't help heal nation's ills from the StarTribune.comIs America's partisan divide growing so wide that it is damaging the national interest, and maybe even imperiling democracy? By Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Bankruptcy for another US paperThe bad news in the newspaper business continues to mount, with The Star Tribune of Minneapolis having filed for bankruptcy protection.
Senator Al Franken? Democratic Humorist Takes Lead In Star Tribune Minnesota PollDFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken has moved into his first solid lead over incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, according to a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.
Much ado about gaming: Are you 'M' enough to play?A law criminalizing the distribution of adult-rated video games to minors has been struck down. Will civilization survive? (And we don't mean Civilization, the game; that's rated E for Everyone.)
Star Tribune editors get caught adding a conservative spin to wire story Now Mole reader and longtime community journalist Chris Steller sends along proof that wire copy is sometimes manipulated in a pro-administration direction.
They Knew -- Minnesota Dept of Transportation Talked Openly About The Potential Collapse of The I-35W BridgeInternal MnDOT documents reviewed by the Star Tribune reveal that last year bridge officials talked openly about the possibility of the bridge collapsing -- and worried that it might have to be condemned.
Dramatic Pictures of Minnesota Bridge CollapseWarning: Graphic pictures from the Minnesota I-35 Bridge Collapse
Solider Suicides In Iraq -- 116 And RisingNEW YORK One of the least covered aspects of the fallout from the Iraq war is the rising toll of suicides, both near the battlefield and back home.
greencycles: OVERVIEW (note this is a new post with a new comments link):Minneapolis Police Arrest Bicyclist
Taxing women less: Gender pay equity?Want to reduce the overall level of income taxes and see more women taking home paychecks?
Chemicals worried 3M 24 years agoInternal documents reveal 3M was concerned about chemicals now present in drinking water.
Lake Minnetonka Liberty: The Strib Letter: Al Gore Defender!Predictably, Katherine Kersten's appraisal of Al Gore ("U of M afflicted with Al Gore fever," Feb. 26) was nothing more than her stock in trade -- a litany of smugly snide and thoroughly bogus right-wing talking points.
Minneapolis Star Tribune To Sell For $530 Million - A $670 Million Discount On Its Price Tag in 1998I remember when this was going down back in 1998 while I lived in the Cities. Was much discussion at that point about one of the last multi-newspaper markets losing a paper.
Plagiarizing by a Party Organ: Star Tribune as Echo Chamber - November 17, 2006When the Bush-bashing is this good, you just have to adopt the words as your own. Stealing others' intellectual work product is seen as one of civilized society's lesser sins. It is easily knowable by word or image comparisons. Call it cheating.
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