Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• The evolving media landscape
  Some daily newspapers will scrap their Saturday editions, according to just one of the predictions for 2008 by Business Week media columnist Jon Fine. Midmorning takes a look back at the top media stories of 2007, and a look forward to what might happen in 2008.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Jon Fine: Author of the "Media Centric" column for Business Week. He also pens the blog, Fine on Media. Prior to coming to BusinessWeek, Fine covered print media for Advertising Age. He joins us by phone from New York.
  Dante Chinni: Writes for the Christian Science Monitor. He previously was a senior associate with the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
  More from MPR
  Upheaval at local newspapers tops 2007's media stories (12/27/2007)
  New FCC rules on media ownership likely to change little in Minnesota (12/20/2007)
  Stories the media missed (12/15/2007)
  Resources
  Fine on Media
  Fine: Media Predictions for 2008
  Commitee of Concerned Journalists: Talking Journalism with Dante Chinni
• The year in food
  In a year that saw several Twin Cities restaurants close their doors, one food critic says there is reason for hope. Rick Nelson talks about his favorite new restaurants.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Rick Nelson: Food writer for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
  More from MPR
  World famous chef says 'Bonjour Minnesota!' (12/13/2007)
  St. Paul restaurant lives on (11/15/2007)
  The ups and downs of the restaurant business (09/24/2007)
  Resources
  Star Tribune: Restaurants of the Year

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Of Note

• Talking Volumes
  The new season of Talking Volumes welcomes Barbara Kingsolver on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
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• What Kerri's Reading
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  Conversations with leaders of organizations, nonprofit and for-profit companies, who reflect on how they work and what they've learned.

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