This evening’s beer summit at the White House has upset some American beer companies, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Some excerpts from the Journal article:

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs again confirmed that Mr. Obama plans to crack open a Bud…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of  InBev’s takeover of Anheuser-Busch and David Nicklaus’ columns have earned national recognition. This story appears in Thursday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

The Post-Dispatch and columnist David Nicklaus have received recognition from a national journalism group for business coverage…

This note to readers from Editor Arnie Robbins and Managing Editor Pam Maples appears on Page A2 of Sunday’s Post-Dispatch:

Starting Monday, you will see changes in your Post-Dispatch.We know it is popular in some circles in many cities these days…

 The online Romenesko site about media happenings has a link to an article by The Deal.com   that praises the Post-Dispatch’s coverage of the InBev/Anheuser-Busch deal.

The Deal.com calls our A-B reporting “smart, thorough, fair-minded and exhaustive coverage.”  

The Deal.com says the coverage is an example of…

It was nice to see the front page of the Post-Dispatch appear on the Today Show  (stick around to the end of the report) and CNBC this morning. Our “FAREWELL TO THE KING” headline was displayed as part of their InBev/Anheuser-Busch reports.

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No way should we have played our exclusive interview with Carlos Brito at the top of Page One, three callers angrily told me today.  Similar thoughts are being voiced on the Talk of the Day blog about trusting Brito.

One said the…

This morning’s Post-Dispatch had some strong local news reporting that dominated the front page.  It’s not uncommon for local news to fill Page One.  Readers can get national and world headlines from many sources. But our reporting numbers allow us to…