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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WISN-TV gets new president and general manager

Published Feb. 12, 2007 at 3:47 p.m.

WISN-TV Milwaukee has a new president and general manager. Jan Wade takes over the station as current president and general manager Frank Biancuzzo relocates to Hearst-Argyle's New York headquarters as senior vice president/group head.

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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.

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Ask.com asks you to try their search, but how good is it?

Published Oct. 10, 2006 at 1:07 p.m.

Knocking Google off its pedestal as the king of search engines is no small task. But Ask.com is trying, with unusual TV spots that alternate between creepy simians and testimonials recommending you give it a whirl.

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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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OMC featured in national trade magazine

Published March 1, 2006 at 12:38 p.m.

OnMilwaukee.com is featured in the March 2006 issue of OMMA (The Magazine of Online Media, Marketing & Advertising) in a full-page profile article called "Milwaukee's Finest" by Lynn Russo.

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Local pubs meant well but couldn't cut it in MKE

Published Oct. 28, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.


Milwaukee publications have it rough. For many, their lifespan is a flash in the pan, and "stop the press!" is shouted early in the game. But all the same, Brew City's seen some fine (and not so fine) reading material over the past few decades.

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