State Bill, Law Week Honored By Colorado Press Association 
Congratulations to INDenverTimes’ content partners, Law Week Colorado and its sister news service, State Bill Colorado. Both were honored Saturday by the Colorado Press Association with awards for public service and news coverage.
The public service award, second place, was for “The Capitol Game.” The two-part series focused, in part, on technological and practical [...]
Rocky recollections: 150 years of stories, memories
Thursday would have been the 150th birthday of the Rocky Mountain News. The newspaper opened April 23, 1859, and closed Feb. 27, two months shy of the anniversary. Captivated by the rich history that took place between those two dates, retired Rocky editor Michael Madigan has done what journalists do — write.
Why Singleton will stay after bankruptcy
William Dean Singleton, the Evel Knievel of newspaper publishers, amazingly will remain at the helm of MediaNews Group in spite of a bankruptcy that will cost his lenders $750 million.
In the latest act of a long and resilient career, Singleton is scheduled to continue as the chief executive of the company after it is reorganized [...]
Ex-Rocky Editor Temple to become editor of Peer News
“I’m moving to Paradise. For a dream job.”
Ex-Rocky Editor John Temple, today announced that he is leaving Denver to become the first editor of Peer News, a Honolulu-based local news service.
Peer News was co-founded by ebay founder and Chairman, Pierre Omidyar along with Randy Ching. According to Temple, the founding of Peer News was done [...]
Desperate metaphors, revenue models, and the need for better journalism
Arianna Huffington, founder of the Huffington Post, takes a look at Rupert Murdoch’s increasingly bellicose war against new media sites that aggregate the news, the increasingly desperate revenue models being discussed for online news, and what, in fact, needs to be done to ensure that journalism will not only survive, but thrive.
Ex-Rocky editor Temple to assist Las Vegas Sun transition
John Temple, former editor, president and publisher of the Rocky Mountain News, will become an adviser to the Greenspun Media Group, which has more than 30 publications, including the Las Vegas Sun.
Appeals court dismisses Dan Rather’s suit vs. CBS
A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed former TV newsman Dan Rather’s lawsuit against CBS Corp in which Rather claimed he was made a scapegoat in a scandal over a 2004 report on then-President George W. Bush’s military record.
William Safire, NYT columnist on politics and language, dies at 79
William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times who also wrote novels, books on politics and a Malaprop’s treasury of articles on language, died at a hospice in Rockville, Md., on Sunday. He was 79.
