What Ridder brings to the Star Tribune

Par Ridder is an expert on the Twin Cities newspaper market who has spent years carving a niche for a the Pioneer Press as a lean, profitable and local paper compared to it's larger rival, the Star Tribune.

Media commentator David Brauer tells host Tom Crann readers should expect the Strib to adopt a similar "hyper-local" approach to the news.

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