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.
Cuban: Print Must Vanquish Digital ‘Vampires’
Content aggregators and search engines are vampires, and newspapers are the chesty blondes who fall victim to their charms — and ultimately get bitten.
That’s the basic assessment of the traditional media business’ approach to the Internet, according to Mark Cuban. During a keynote address today at the AlwaysOn OnMedia NYC 2010 Conference, the HDNet president/CEO [...]
MediaNews to charge for Web content at two papers in Calif., Pa.
MediaNews Group Inc., parent of The Denver Post, will start charging readers for some Web site content at two of its papers in early 2010 as a test of the “pay wall” model that may be used at other papers, Editor & Publisher reported Tuesday.
Rocky Mountain Independent quits online ‘experiment’
The Rocky Mountain Independent, an online magazine started in July, on Thursday declared an end to its “experiment.”
Post’s owner to charge for some content at Salt Lake City paper and others
The publisher of the Salt Lake Tribune and The Denver Post says next year, the state’s largest daily will start charging readers a fee to look at some content on the web.
Gazette owner, Freedom Communications, files Chapter 11
Freedom Communications Inc., the owner of more than 30 daily newspapers including the Orange County (Calif.) Register and The Gazette of Colorado Springs, sought bankruptcy protection after print- advertising revenue declined.
Reports: Parent of Springs paper in talks with lenders
Freedom Communications Inc., parent of The Gazette newspaper of Colorado Springs and which over the weekend was reported to be on the cusp of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, continues to talk with its lenders on debt restructuring, according to another Freedom newspaper, the Orange County Register.
MediaNews officially ends partnership with Rocky’s owner
The last vestiges of the business partnership between The Denver Post and the defunct Rocky Mountain News have been dissolved, with Denver Post owner MediaNews Group Inc. taking full control of the Denver Newspaper Agency, the Boulder Camera and other formerly shared properties.
