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Thursday, April 27, 2006

St. Paul paper goes to the man called "Lean Dean"
MediaNews Group, Inc., which is buying the St. Paul Pioneer Press, has a reputation for running leanly staffed newspapers that focus on local coverage. What will the sale mean for Twin Cities news hounds?11:06 a.m.
Guests
Jane Kirtley: Director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota.
John Finnegan: Former executive editor of the Pioneer Press.
Mike Hatch: Minnesota attorney general.
More from MPR
Pioneer Press sold to MediaNews Group (04/26/2006)
Report: MediaNews bids on Pioneer Press, three other McClatchy newspapers (04/20/2006)
Potential local buyers not making much headway (04/20/2006)
Newspapers await new owners (03/28/2006)
Pending sale of Pioneer Press comes in tight job market (03/24/2006)
A history of the Pioneer Press (03/14/2006)
Changes ahead for both Twin Cities papers (03/14/2006)
A one-newspaper Twin Cities? (03/10/2006)
Where America gets its strength
David Halberstam, who won the Pulitzer Prize at the tender age of 30 for his reporting on the Vietnam War, gives a speech titled "America and the Sources of its Strength" at the Westminster Town Hall Forum in Minneapolis.12:06 p.m.
Guests
David Halberstam: Journalist and author, in a speech frrom the Westminster Town Hall Forum. Halberstam recently edited a collection of essays titled "Defining a Nation: Our America and the Sources of its Strength."

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