Updated: 'Publisher of the Year' Has Fridley Roots

Updated below. Editor and Publisher has named Star Tribune publisher Michael Klingensmith Publisher of the Year, the Star Tribune reported Thursday.

Klingensmith grew up in Fridley—a fact that got the city's "Friendly Fridley" nickname in the New York Times earlier this year when another Minnesotan, David Carr, profiled him.

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Update (1 p.m., Thursday): Here is the link to Editor & Publisher's announcement. In it, Klingensmith says:

I'm a fan of the Twin Cities, which is my hometown. ... So the challenge of restoring health and building a future for my hometown newspaper seemed like a great opportunity and a very worthwhile goal.

What does a publisher do? Klingensmith talked nuts-and-bolts of running the Star Tribune with MinnPost's David Brauer last month.