Note from underground: Changes…
Dear Mole readers and friends,
The rumors, first reported last week by David Brauer and Brian Lambert, are true: Beginning on February 19, I will be joining Minnesota Monitor. The Mole is going on hiatus starting today, likely to re-emerge as a personal site with a more arts/culture orientation.
It’s been a lot of fun doing the Daily Mole during the past three months-plus. I want to thank all of you for the interest and support that allowed us to build from 2000 or so page views a day during the early part of public beta to 8,000-10,000 a day over the last few weeks–all without paid promotion or mainstream media exposure.
Trying to raise start-up funding in this climate has not been so gratifying. Neither has working in relative isolation every day as we bootstrapped the start-up. I’m very grateful to the world’s finest interweb weatherman, Jimmy “Dutch” Gaines, to my wife Cecily Marcus and our family, and to music contributor Jon Hunt.
And I look forward to working alongside the folks at Minnesota Monitor to ensure the site is one of the most useful and provocative sources of local news and campaign 2008 coverage. Some of the stories and the content departments we’ve been working on here will move to the Monitor, which, I’m excited to say, is in the process of expanding its resources and its coverage.
Hope you’ll join me and the Monitor’s growing roster of contributors there. And once again, thanks for reading and thanks for your support, encouragement, and criticisms.
22 Responses to “Note from underground: Changes…”
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This is a shame. The Daily Mole is without a doubt my favorite Twin Cities-based blog/news site. I’ll miss it.
Congrats. It’s pretty exciting and it’s fantastic timing for Minnesota Monitor. To be honest, I think The Daily Mole will be fantastic as you described and I think it makes sense. Minnesota Monitor has a lot of pieces in place to become huge and you’re now a part of that. Again, I’m excited. Congrats.
Congratulations and all, but what about Dude Weather?! Think of the Dude.
WTF–you’re not joining Anti-Strib???
I think the Daily Mole worked as a springboard for Dude Weather to start his own site. I think he has enough of a following to do it. Or he should have a page that asks people to subscribe to him on YouTube. I don’t think there’s any reason that Dude Weather can’t live on if Daily Mole is on hiatus… unless of course Dutch and the Mole have some agreement I’m not aware of…
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Good luck with the new venture. TDM has been an interesting ride.
Is Dude Weather coming with you?
maybe if he keeps saying “caucus”…
Best of luck, Steve!
Rats. But good for Minnesota Monitor.
Wait, who will adopt the Angry Clown?
I will miss the Daily Mole, but I wish you luck with the Minnesota Monitor.
Congratulations, Steve. I’ve been a fairly regular reader of the Monitor (as well as the Mole), and I think that it’ll be a great match. I look forward to seeing you develop the Monitor into an even better news and commentary site.
Woo-hoo!
So long…and thanks for all the fiche!
Mark Durenberger
Like any good rodent worth its mettle, the daily mole will return, I am sure.
In the meantime the angry clown is available for weddings, birthday parties, bar and bat mitzvahs, bongo jams are his specialty
Duty now for the Future Mr. Perry, god bless you and yours
A/C out!!
PS,
I heard Dutch got the VP nod from McCain!!
Dude weather has a large following in reedy township. most here in reedy are illitertate. so we like to watch not read the news!!
hillbillygoatgruff
http://www.rakemag.com/blogs/dude-weather
‘Twas a fine site, Steve, nice work.
Good luck, Steve, and congrats. mkc
good job