Mpls-based Southwest Journal, Inc. - which published the Southwest Journal and Skyway News covering 27 Minneapolis neighborhoods - has acquired Minnesota Parent, a monthly magazine covering family issues.
Three current employees, including editor Sharon Secor, have joined us at our 1115 Hennepin Ave. S. headquarters. Our first issue will be in April.
This is an exciting deal for us not only because it's cool to acquire something, but because we hope to do with Minnesota Parent what we do best - make it local. The magazine, which was founded locally by the folks who started City Pages, was sold to a national company that recently announced they would shut it down. We rescued it because we think it can be made relevant with local ownership, editors, reporters, photographers, etc.
I think we've breathed new life into Skyway News so it will be fun to see if we can do it again.
If any of you out there have story idea for the magazine, please let us know (for now, you can email me directly by hitting "reply" and I'll get the idea to Sharon). While Minneapolis is not Minnesota Parent's sole focus, it is a big part of our audience and things happening here are important to the whole area. At the very least, we won't be a "metro-area" magazine that forgets about the city.
David Brauer Editor, SW Journal and Skyway News (but not Minnesota Parent!) Kingfield
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