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Aron Pilhofer

  • Associate Professor & James B. Steele Chair in Journalism Innovation, Temple University
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You’ll soon need to log back in to the Star Tribune. Here’s why that’s a good thing.

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By Aron Pilhofer
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
We at the Minnesota Star Tribune are committed to continually enhancing our digital products and experience. Earlier this year, we rebooted and upgraded the Minnesota Star Tribune’s website and apps to create a cleaner, crisper, modern platform that we’ll continue to build upon. And today, we’re reaching out to let you know about another upcoming enhancement that will impact anyone who visits startribune.com or our mobile apps. Starting Friday, Oct.
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Welcome to a new era of technology growth for the Star Tribune

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By Aron Pilhofer
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
If you’re reading this, then you may have noticed things are starting to look a little different around here. The Star Tribune’s website and apps received a technology reboot today, and I’m excited to tell you more about it. We’ve been hard at work updating our digital products to better serve you, and today’s reboot is just the start. We’re making this upgrade to our platform because we’re committed to providing the best possible experience for everyone who comes to the Star Tribune.
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The Athletic: Good for the Times, a potential disaster for local news

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By Aron Pilhofer
| Medium
It turns out, The New York Times does really care about local news — just not in the way we thought. By purchasing The Athletic, which covers 270-plus sports teams in more than 47 local markets, The Times has placed itself in direct competition with every local news site for the same pool of subscribers. And since the average number of news sites people will pay for is one, that is very bad news indeed for local legacy news organizations.
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