Editor

Adam Platt

Adam Platt is editor of Twin Cities Business magazine. He has been with the magazine since 2011.

Phone: 612-336-9275

Adam Platt is editor of Twin Cities Business. He still writes and reports while also setting the overall editorial course of TCB coverage. He attended Macalester College in St. Paul, became a staff writer and media critic for the Twin Cities Reader, moved on to become the founding editor of Casino Executive, a Minnesota-based trade magazine, and then joined Mpls.St.Paul magazine in 1998, where he served as executive editor until joining TCB in 2011.

Staff’s archive

Closed Until Further Notice

Closed Until Further Notice

Three days before Christmas, the eastern two-thirds of the nation was hit by a dramatic winter weather system, with high winds and cold temperatures. Because it would affect major population
The Bally Sports Mess Explained

The Bally Sports Mess Explained

Today, Feb. 15, is both the opening of Minnesota Twins spring training and the day its television partner, Diamond Sports Group (dba Bally Sports North), missed a $140 million debt
Making the Racket

Making the Racket

A few days ago Common Roots Café in Minneapolis shut down, suspiciously soon after being notified it was the subject of a union organizing effort. The 15 year-old business was
Zelo to Return Downtown

Zelo to Return Downtown

News for hungry people and downtown boosters—Zelo is reopening, targeting March 1 for its return, three weeks shy of three years after it closed at the orders of Gov. Walz
The Price of Remote Work

The Price of Remote Work

They are ending transit service to my neighborhood of Minneapolis this month; we will now be a mile from the nearest bus line. A mix of driver shortages and low
Mike Klingensmith: The Exit Interview

Mike Klingensmith: The Exit Interview

Mike Klingensmith is one of the more impressive individuals I’ve had the pleasure to interview in my on-and-off career writing about media. He’s affable, open, manifestly competent, and, in a
Game Theory in Local Radio

Game Theory in Local Radio

KFAN has never been a normal sports talk station, so perhaps it should not have surprised anyone that more and more at various times of day, I find it not
Tom Barnard to Depart KQRS

Tom Barnard to Depart KQRS

KQRS’ Tom Barnard has announced he’s retiring before, but the consensus seems to be this one may stick. The Twin Cities broadcast legend and national Radio Hall of Fame inductee