Press

Here's what press outlets are saying about Racket. Want to talk to us for your story/book/show/podcast/event? Email press@racketmn.com.

MPR: "Minnesota beer recommendations for ‘Stout Month'" February 26, 2025

Your First Byline: "Em Cassel, co-owner and editor, Racket" January 21, 2025

WCCO: "Racket MN's 'Picks to Click' & election mental health days" November 5, 2024

MPR: "Your guide to the international grocers of the Twin Cities" October 14, 2024

WCCO: "Could you consume 9 beers and 9 dogs in 9 innings?" September 25, 2024

WCCO: "Jason talks with the media" September 6, 2023

Connection Request: "Former City Pages Editor-in-chief on its demise and Racket’s genesis" June 22, 2023

WCCO: "What happened to all the music festivals and what do you do on rainy days?" May 18, 2023

Weekly Dish With Steph & Steph: "Minnesota snubbed at the James Beard Awards" April 1, 2023

MPR News with Angela Davis: "Planning your next vacation? Try these Minnesota day trips" March 23, 2023

MyTalk 107.1: "Why are the Nice Ride bikes leaving the Twin Cities?" March 2, 2023

WCCO: "Jason talks with the media" March 1, 2023

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: "Heavy Table, Racket, other media outlets team up for advertisers" February 27, 2023

Pioneer Press: "Six independent media outlets form Twin Cities Media Group partnership" February 27, 2023

MPR: "Meet the Minnesota dads who resolved to become pro wrestlers in 5 weeks" January 10, 2023

Twin Cities Business: "Making the Racket" January 10, 2023

Eater Twin Cities: "Year in Eater" December, 2022

WCCO: "DeRusha Eats with Em Cassel" September 29, 2022

Poynter: "We’re not done with alt-weeklies" June 22, 2022

MPR: "New to Minnesota? Here’s what you need to know" May 11, 2022

Ad Week: "What Does the Future Hold for America's Alt-Weeklies?" April 14, 2022

What Works Podcast: "Episode 21" April 5, 2022

MPR: "Why have nearly all the employees left the Minneapolis Division of Race and Equity" March 30, 2022

WCCO's Cory Hepola: "What are the best Minnesota beers for 2021?" December 22, 2021

WCCO's Sheletta Brundidge: "Another story that's hard to hear" December 6, 2021

MinnPost: "Annoying the people that need to be annoyed: What to expect from Racket, the new media outlet founded by four ex-City Pages editors" August 13, 2021

Minnesota Monthly: "What’s All This Racket About?" August 13, 2021

Nieman Lab: “Racket joins a rising tide of journalist-owned media startups” August 9, 2021

WCCO’s Steele Talkin’: “From the Ashes of City Pages” August 8, 2021

Welcome to Hell World: “Fuck it we have to own the thing ourselves” August 3, 2021

Bring Me the News: “Racket, a new alternative news site from former City Pages editors, launches this month” August 2, 2021

MPR: “Former City Pages editors launch new Twin Cities publication” August 2, 2021

Pioneer Press: “Racket, the latest Twin Cities news startup, seeks to fill digital void left by demise of City Pages” August 2, 2021

Star Tribune: “Former City Pages editors to launch a new alt website” August 2, 2021