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Defiant Denver Post opinion editor resigns
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Chuck Plunkett – the Denver Post editorial-page editor who called out the owners of his own newspaper in spectacular fashion – has resigned, the Denver daily says. Plunkett, a veteran reporter and editor, a month ago orchestrated a six-page opinion package in the paper that blasted Alden Global Capital, the hedge-fund owners of Post parent…
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LOMAX | As Colorado newsrooms rebuild, don’t forget the editors
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For about 15 years, I worked in newsrooms in Australia and the United States, before a mass layoff effectively ended my career as a reporter and editor. It was a tough time for my family, but things eventually turned out for the best. I was ready for a new challenge and have greatly enjoyed working…
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Editorial-page editor at Boulder paper fired after blasting owners
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BOULDER – The editorial page editor at The Daily Camera who published a critical editorial about the Boulder newspaper’s hedge fund owners without the publisher’s permission has been fired. Dave Krieger tweeted Wednesday night that he was fired earlier in the day, though he didn’t say why. Krieger posted the piece on a blog April…
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Denver and Salt Lake City: 2 newspapers, 2 fates
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Across the street from the Colorado Capitol rises an 11-story building emblazoned with The Denver Post’s logo. No reporters work out of the building anymore, only executives of Digital First Media, whose cuts at the Post triggered an unusual plea from the paper’s own editorial page to be sold to another owner. Five hundred miles…
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Denver Post editorializes against its own owners
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The Denver Post editorial board has taken the unusual step of calling out its own hedge-fund owners in a scathing opinion package. In a six-page editorial section published Sunday, which first appeared online a few days ago, the Denver daily decries deep cutbacks by owner Alden Global Capital that have shriveled its newsgathering staff from…
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Hickenlooper said he was joking about ‘relief’ if Amazon goes elsewhere
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A Denver Post story posted Tuesday suggested Gov. John Hickenlooper might be less than enthusiastic that Colorado could become home to Amazon’s second headquarters, but that’s not quite accurate, the governor said Wednesday. Hickenlooper was asked by other reporters whether his comment might lessen Colorado’s chances for the $5 billion Amazon HQ2 project, as one…
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Q&A with Dan Haley: On Colorado’s battleground — and sometimes common ground — over oil and gas
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News folk tend to develop an unusual skill: They can take heat while shedding light. Maybe that’s why the Colorado Oil & Gas Association hired Dan Haley a few years ago to be its president and CEO. The career journalist and esteemed former editorial page editor of the Denver Post doesn’t shy away from a dust-up,…
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Is Denver’s mayor too friendly with developers?
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Is Denver Mayor Michael Hancock too cozy with the development community? A Denver councilman questioned the mayor’s philosophy toward developers following a recent news story on the topic. In an interview earlier this month, the Denver Post asked Mayor Michael Hancock what he thought of the perception that he is too friendly with developers. Hancock…
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Otero County Republican Judy Reyher engulfed in controversy after contested House District 47 vacancy appointment
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The aftershocks were still coming days after a Republican vacancy committee picked a replacement for former state Rep. Clarice Navarro, the Pueblo Republican who resigned to take a position with the Trump administration in early November. Judy Reyher, a Swink resident and former Otero County GOP chair, won the appointment to Navarro’s seat on a…
