Published Sept. 1, 2009 at 9:43 a.m.

Long-time readers know by now that I pen a short column every Sept. 1 celebrating the official anniversary of the launching of OnMilwaukee.com in 1998. But this year is a little bit different -- I've never experienced anything as a business owner like I have in the last 12 months.

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Veteran media columnist Tim Cuprisin joins OnMilwaukee.com

Published Aug. 6, 2009 at 12:20 p.m.

OnMilwaukee.com, Milwaukee's daily magazine, named veteran Milwaukee reporter Tim Cuprisin as its new media columnist Thursday, further cementing its commitment to hyper-local content and lifestyle coverage.

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OK, fine, I'm Tweeting

Published July 27, 2009 at 10:56 a.m.

If anyone wants to know what I'm doing on a daily basis, they're probably already reading the 830 articles and blogs I've published over the years on OnMilwaukee.com. That's why I've avoided Facebook, and up until this weekend, Twitter.

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A year away from a lovely paperweight

Published July 3, 2009 at 10:30 a.m.

Today, as I celebrate my newly advanced oldness, I also celebrate my ninth anniversary at OnMilwaukee.com

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Monday afternoon rants (May '09 edition)

Published May 4, 2009 at 3:09 p.m.

Maybe it was a sleepless Sunday night with an infant, but I'm in a bad today. And three things are getting my goat this Monday afternoon.

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Drew Olson joins OnMilwaukee.com as senior editor

Published April 10, 2006 at 5:14 a.m.

Veteran Milwaukee journalist Drew Olson will join OnMilwaukee.com May 1, the company announced today. Olson, a former president of the Baseball Writers Association of America, becomes senior editor/columnist and also will serve as the daily magazine's sports editor.

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Milwaukee's Twitter community tied into OnMilwaukee.com

Published April 27, 2009 at 7:55 a.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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Sprinting ahead of the Recovery

Published March 15, 2009 at 11:47 a.m.

Working for an independent media company in a down economy has its advantages. We don't have layers of bureaucracy weighing us down. We aren't the profitable arm of a company with its lifeblood being sucked out by the elderly, non-profitable wing of the company. When we see something coming down the pike we react to it, even if we couldn't plan for it. We are nimble and make our own decisions quickly.

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Hey Milwaukee TV stations, cheap Web traffic doesn't count

Published May 2, 2007 at 2:27 p.m.

Former OnMilwaukee.com political columnist Dennis Shook's fine piece in this week's Shepherd Express about the sorry state of local TV news got me thinking: it's high time someone called out your Milwaukee affiliates on their weak attempts to drive traffic to their underwhelming Web sites.

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Locker room confidential: Female reporters tackle big-league stereotypes

Published Oct. 12, 2006 at 6:41 a.m.

For female reporters in Milwaukee, working in sports presents a unique set of challenges. OMC columnist Bob Brainerd talked to them all, including Jen Lada, Jessie Garcia, Bobby Roquemore, Kyndra de St. Aubin, Lori Nickel and Stephanie Sutton.