[Mpls] Skyway News to become Downtown Journal

[David Brauer]

Here's the official press release - feel free to send questions/=20
comments to me, or to the list if appropriate, or to Janis if you like.

For Immediate Release

For information, contact:
Janis Hall, Co-Publisher
Skyway News
Minnesota Premier Publications, Inc.
612-825-9205

Skyway News to evolve into Downtown
Journal: Minneapolis=92 downtown newspaper

Minneapolis, Minnesota July 11, 2005 =96 Minnesota Premier =20
Publications, Inc.,
announced today that its publication, Skyway News, the 35-year-old =20
downtown weekly
newspaper, will be reflagged as Downtown Journal in September.

The new name reflects the changing mix of workers and residents =20
downtown in
Minneapolis, and better positions it as Minneapolis=92 downtown =
newspaper.

=93Downtown Journal symbolizes the evolution that=92s been going on =
since =20
we bought
Skyway News in 2001 =97 covering not just the skyways, but booming =20
areas like the Mill
District, Loring Park, North Loop, Elliot Park and the Mississippi =20
riverfront,=94 editor
David Brauer said.  =93We=92re proud that we=92ve become a highly =
credible =20
news source, and
the new name underscores another goal: helping everyone who lives and =20=

works here
enjoy downtown to the fullest.=94

Skyway News has tracked the downtown=92s growth, from fewer than 10,000 =20=

residents a
few years ago to 30,000 now and perhaps 50,000 in the next decade.

Said co-publisher Janis Hall, =93We=92re building on the history of =20
Skyway News, which has
served downtown workers and businesses for more than 30 years. And, =20
we=92re expanding
to serve a broader mix of people and activity to cover, as our =20
tagline states, Your Life
Downtown.=94

Skyway News will share front-page flag space with Downtown Journal =20
until September,
when Downtown Journal takes the front page position and Skyway News =20
becomes a label
for business and work content.

Minnesota Premier Publications, Inc. is the parent company and =20
publisher of Skyway
News, Southwest Journal, Minnesota Parent and Minnesota Good Age. =20
With the recent
acquisition of Good Age from the Wilder Foundation, and more than 20 =20
years of
experience in publishing and reporting, Minnesota Premier =20
Publications=92 family of
publications cover the range of demographic segments in the Twin =20
Cities marketplace.

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David Brauer
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