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Q&A with David Sabados | Political pro-turned-publisher takes papers hyper-local
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Nearly three years ago, after losing a city council race in Denver’s District 1 in the northwest part of town, veteran Democratic political consultant David Sabados decided to shift gears. Joining with experienced journalist Sabrina Allie, he founded Denver North Star, a free monthly newspaper delivered to homes and businesses in the same neighborhoods where…
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Denver Post owner laying off 107 at Colorado Springs service center
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Digital First Media, owner of The Denver Post, the Boulder Daily Camera and nearly 100 other newspapers nationwide, will lay off 107 employees at its Colorado Springs service center after shifting the work to an outsourcing contractor. Denver-based DFM notified employees in August and sent a notice late last month to the Colorado Department of…
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Grand Junction newspaper is cutting back on print editions
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GRAND JUNCTION – The Daily Sentinel newspaper in Grand Junction says it will convert its Monday and Tuesday print editions to electronic delivery starting Aug. 13. Publisher Jay Seaton announced Sunday that the change largely stems from costs of newsprint – the paper used for printing – that he says have risen by 33 percent…
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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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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…
