This publisher's dream week

Published Feb. 1, 2011 at 10:27 a.m.


Between the Super Bowl, the launch of OnMilwaukee.com Bar Month and the blizzard of the century (allegedly), this week marks a trifecta of big Milwaukee news events all converging at the same time.

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Is there a such thing as too much Packers coverage?

Published Jan. 27, 2011 at 1:48 p.m.


Four of the 10 top clicks on OnMilwaukee.com are Packers related -- so apparently our readers want more. And that's exactly what we'll give them.

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The back story on the "best of bars" poll

Published Jan. 12, 2011 at 3:43 p.m.


Each year, one of our most popular articles here is the story introducing the "OnMilwaukee's Best: Bars and Clubs" survey. It gets people talking, arguing, praising and bashing our list of 50 questions. Here's how we put it together

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Milwaukee's Twitter community tied into OnMilwaukee.com

Published Dec. 7, 2010 at 12:55 p.m.


For the past 11 years, OnMilwaukee.com has innovated with its use of relationship and social media tools. Today, the company announced that it's the first in the Milwaukee region to incorporate local Twitter feeds into the interface of its online magazine.

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OnMilwaukee.com Live continues hyper local innovation

Published Aug. 9, 2010 at 9:37 p.m.

It's nothing new for a media company to incorporate Twitter feeds into a Web site, but OnMilwaukee.com has done something completely different with its new and innovative OnMilwaukee.com Live feed on its home page.

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Citizen journalism won't replace newspapers, but ...

Published July 15, 2010 at 1:17 p.m.


"Citizen journalism," that is amateur blogs, Twitter and Talkbacks, aren't going to fill the void left in media as America's newspapers continue to downsize and disappear. But just because the news will come less from giant publishing companies and more from online media doesn't mean consumers will necessarily face a news drought.

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My changing lunchtime media habits

Published May 13, 2010 at 6:07 p.m.


When I can peel myself out of the office for lunch, I find that I'm not picking up a weekly print magazine. I'm catching up on Twitter, e-mail and my daily Web bookmarks that I probably haven't checked out in the first few hours at work.

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24 hours with the new iPad

Published April 6, 2010 at 8:05 p.m.


OnMilwaukee.com Publisher Andy Tarnoff bought an iPad yesterday, even though he had my share of concerns about this first-generation, allegedly life-changing device. After about 24 hours of playing with it, he has mixed feelings. Here's an in-depth review.

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A week of major OnMilwaukee.com milestones

Published April 2, 2010 at 12:54 p.m.


It's been quite a week here at OnMilwaukee.com. On Tuesday, we launched a total redesign of the site, including a complete overhaul of our event calendar. Thursday was our annual April Fools edition, typically the busiest day of the year.

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Call me an April Fool's Day conscientious objector

Published April 2, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.


I can't claim credit for any of the humor in yesterday's April Fool's edition of OnMilwaukee.com.

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