Media
Swim Creative returning to 4-day work week for summer months
Swim Creative, a leading full-service marketing and interactive agency, is returning to a four-day work week for the summer months starting May 31 and going through Labor Day. The summer policy allows Swim Creative's employees to complete their work Monday through Thursday while still receiving full-time salary and
CherryRoad Media to fill void left by closed Minnesota newspapers
Community journalism is alive and well in two central Minnesota communities today even as they face the loss of their historic local newspapers. CherryRoad Media, the nation’s fastest-growing newspaper company, announced that it will open newspapers in Hutchinson and Litchfield, Minnesota, to fill the void left by the closing
Duluth’s KQDS-TV, FOX21 ownership change completed
Coastal Television Broadcasting Group LLC is a Georgia-based company owned and operated by Coastal’s Founder and CEO Bill Fielder. Coastal owns or provides advertising sales and other services to 19 television stations with 28 Big Four Network and CW channels.
Brown transitions to news director at Northern News Now
Paul Brown has been named news director at Northern News Now, the umbrella organization for the NBC, CBS, CW and My Network local television affiliates. “Paul’s resume reads like the perfect news leader and the perfect news director," Northern News Now General Manager Todd Wentworth said in a
Swim Creative collects awards for outstanding digital work
The award-winning branding, interactive and advertising firm Swim Creative of Duluth has been recognized for creating outstanding digital media. The Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals selected Swim for three awards in various categories for excellence in digital advertising with partner Brown Bag Potatoes. Swim Creative partnered with Vee’s
Duluth photographers declare 'We Want Winter Back!'
A group of contributing photographers for Destination Duluth's Facebook and Instagram pages has banded together to declare to the world that “We want winter back!” by posting photos from when we had real winters. “We've missed the beauty of our normal winters,” said Jerry Thoreson, the
Pine Knot News earns 28 Minnesota Newspaper Association awards
"It's fun being recognized by our peers, but that's not why we do it. We love covering the news and making sure our readers know what's going on." -- Pine Knot News editor Jana Peterson
Award-winning Pine Knot News celebrates fifth anniversary
The Pine Knot News observed its fifth anniversary at the end of October rather quietly, because staff members at the independent locally owned newspaper were busy working. From humble beginnings in October of 2018 when its five owners mailed free copies across northern Carlton County, the Pine Knot News has