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Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog » Blog Archive » daniel ruth now blogging — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:40:32 +0000

[...] might remember that Daniel Ruth was dismissed from the Tribune last November, only to hook up with the St. Pete Times before the year [...]

By: Mark Hankins

Mark Hankins — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:40:01 +0000

I bet Daniel Ruth could start his own blog and with the right promotion he would have enough readers that it would monetize and support him in the lifestyle to which he is accustomed. Heck, for a piece of the action I would help him do it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:56:39 +0000

as Egon said in “Ghostbusters” over 20 years ago, Print is Dead.

By: pj

pj — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:55:06 +0000

to be honest… who missed bob? I think his columns here are a joke. who pays someone to give their opinion on movies… is that something that really deserves a “local” perspective? also… I hate to say it, but I’ve lived here my entire life, gotten the trib over the times, and still only recognize 25% of the names… they may be from tampa, but they aren’t the cogs in tampa you say they are… let’s be real.

By: Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog » Blog Archive » tribune losing perspectve, personality, respect

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:24:34 +0000

[...] with Daniel Ruth, Rosemary Goudreau and Joe Brown, take a look at the name recognition of some of the others no [...]

By: mike

mike — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:02:32 +0000

Has the Trib written ANYTHING about this latest round of terminations?

If so, they buried it. I haven’t seen it.

If they have written something, could someone post a link?

By: Paricia june

Paricia june — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:34:04 +0000

Probably he was let go because of his last colume “We Shall( be) Overcome, With Chumps, Haters” The ultra Right had a fit on this one I bet

By: Meredith

Meredith — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:16:53 +0000

Media General is eviscerating the Trib. I disagreed with Daniel Ruth but he was the most engaging columnist there (with apologies to Steve Otto who is good too).

I agree with Kris, Daniel should have ditched the Trib and found a better venue when the bloodletting began in earnest. May he find a good gig sharing his unique Tampa perspective where he’ll be appreciated.

Damn shame what’s going on down there.

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:13:09 +0000

Dan Ruth was the only thing the Trib had going for it. Given the severe decline in the content of that newspaper, Ruth should have given them the heave-ho. I’ve got to think there’s places that will appreciate Ruth’s talent a lot more. Good luck, Dan – we’ll be looking for you!

By: tonyv

tonyv — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:03:39 +0000

The Tribune has become a weekly flyer of sorts similar to what you find as you check out of Publix.
the loss of ruth was the last straw for me as the paper becomes less and less relevant and veers more and more to the right.
tampa truly is a small town dump.