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50-472: In December, 2013, the Herald's parent company Media News Group merged to become Digital First Media . In the year to come, the paper underwent a "reorganization plan" which included a redesign of both the newspaper and website, the move of newspaper production out-of-area, as well as a change in editor. The Monterey County Herald , with offices in downtown Monterey, California , was produced at Ryan Ranch on

100-488: A proxy fight . After a failed attempt to place 3 nominees on Gannett's board of directors through a proxy vote on May 16, 2019, DFM reduced their stake to 4.2%. In August 2019, GateHouse Media ultimately announced its intent to acquire Gannett instead. On February 5, 2020, Digital First Media purchased the assets of Minnesota-based Red Wing Publishing/Big Fish Works. The sale included the Hutchinson Leader ,

150-545: A Kansas City real estate and lottery operator, purchased the Evening Post for $ 12,500. Neither had newspaper experience, but they were adept at the business of promotion and finding out what people wanted to read. Through the use of sensationalism , editorialism, and "flamboyant circus journalism", a new era began for the Post . Circulation grew and eventually passed the other three daily papers combined. On November 3, 1895

200-593: A drastic fall from the over 250 journalists which The Denver Post employed before 2010, when it was purchased by Alden Media Group. At one point before 2009, the joint-operating agreement between The Denver Post and The Rocky Mountain News boasted a 600-strong staff of journalists, before the bankruptcy of the Rocky Mountain News that year. The announcement of 30 more layoffs in March 2018, which reduced

250-535: A hub near a cluster of newspapers. For example, the Alameda Newspaper Group in suburban San Francisco in the mid-1990s had a central newsroom in Pleasanton, California, that did all the copy editing, layout and page makeup for five daily papers. Upon acquiring the diverse group of papers, Singleton consolidated several news sections (such as sports and features) to one local office away from

300-540: A joint operating agreement (JOA), creating the Denver Newspaper Agency , which combined the business operations of the former rivals. Under the agreement, the newsrooms of the two newspapers agreed to publish separate morning editions Monday through Friday, with the Post retaining a broadsheet format and the News using a tabloid format. They published a joint broadsheet newspaper on Saturday, produced by

350-407: A national newspaper chain with over 60 daily newspapers and over 160 non-daily publications in 13 states, bought The Denver Post from Times Mirror Company . Since 2010, The Denver Post has been owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital , which acquired its bankrupt parent company, MediaNews Group. In April 2018, a group called "Together for Colorado Springs" said that it was raising money to buy

400-471: A pro–natural gas group. The stories in the section are written by outsiders, not by DP reporters. A banner across the top of the section reads "This Section is Sponsored by CRED". Nevertheless, critics express concern that the section risks confusing readers about the distinction between advertising and reporting. In January 2020, Jon Caldara Libertarian activist of the Denver -based Independence Institute ,

450-582: A reduction of the newsroom staff in 2006 and 2007 through layoffs, early-retirement packages, voluntary-separation buyouts and attrition. The most recent round of announced buyouts occurred in June 2016. In 2013, just before legalization in Colorado, The Denver Post initiated an online media brand The Cannabist to cover cannabis-related issues. First led by Editor in Chief Ricardo Baca ,

500-641: A reporter when he was 15, for a small-town Texas newspaper and subsequently became the president of Albritton Communications , a newspaper conglomerate in Texas. Based in Denver, Colorado, Scudder and Singleton purchased their first newspaper in 1983. They incorporated MediaNews Group in 1985, with Singleton as CEO and Scudder as chairman. The company began to purchase small local newspapers that were financially troubled. The company made its first major acquisition in 1987: The Denver Post . Ultimately, it became one of

550-1705: A reputation for cutting costs by reducing the number of journalists working on its newspapers as Singleton had done and March 2018, The Washington Post called Alden "one of the most ruthless of the corporate strip-miners seemingly intent on destroying local journalism." Alden has additionally received critical coverage from its editorial staff of the Denver Post and described Alden Global Capital as "vulture capitalists" after multiple staff layoffs. The company has been criticized for investing its employee pensions in funds managed by its parent company, Alden Global Capital . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NBC News Wall Street Journal Politico MSNBC / CNBC / Telemundo Bloomberg Government Washington Examiner Boston Globe / Washington Blade Fox News CBS News Radio AP Radio / PBS VOA Time Yahoo! News Daily Caller / EWTN CBS News Bloomberg News McClatchy NY Post / TheGrio Washington Times Salem Radio / CBN Cheddar News / Hearst TV AP NPR Foreign pool The Hill Regionals Newsmax Gray TV / Spectrum News ABC News Washington Post Agence France-Presse Fox Business / Fox News Radio CSM / Roll Call Al Jazeera Nexstar / Scripps News Reuters NY Times LA Times Univision / AURN RealClearPolitics Daily Beast / Dallas Morning News BBC / Newsweek CNN USA Today ABC News Radio Daily Mail National Journal HuffPost Financial Times / The Guardian The Denver Post The Denver Post

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600-412: A weekly columnist for The Denver Post , was fired after publishing two conservative articles on sex and gender. In a column arguing for greater openness in public affairs, excoriating the Colorado legislature for avoiding the legally required referendum on a new state tax by repackaging it as a “fee” — and then prohibiting hospitals from listing the fee on patients’ bills. On the same theme, he criticized

650-559: Is a Denver , Colorado, United States–based newspaper publisher owned by Alden Global Capital . As of May 2021, it owns over 100 newspapers and 200 assorted other publications. MediaNews Group was founded by Richard Scudder and William Dean Singleton . Both had experience in the American newspaper industry . Scudder ran the Newark Evening News , a newspaper founded by his grandfather. Singleton had begun his career as

700-453: Is a daily newspaper and website published in the Denver metropolitan area . As of June 2022, it has an average print circulation of 57,265. In 2016, its website received roughly six million monthly unique visitors generating more than 13 million page views, according to comScore . The Post was the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc. , founded in 1983 by William Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder . On December 1, 1987, MediaNews,

750-558: The Los Angeles Times and Joe Nocera of Bloomberg View . In 2020, a documentary, News Matters , was released that follows the bold attempt by Colorado journalists to save the 125-year-old Denver Post while the hedge fund owner Alden Global Capital slowly drains profits from the paper and dismissing journalists. In February 2014, The Denver Post began publishing a section entitled "Energy and Environment", funded by Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development (CRED),

800-646: The Orange County Register and the Riverside Press-Enterprise to Digital First Media. The papers were integrated into Digital First Media's Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which was renamed the Southern California News Group on the same day. In November 2018, Digital First Media announced plans to lay off 107 staff from its Colorado Springs, Colorado financial services operations, as it outsources

850-772: The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA). The Center was established and financed primarily by the Frederick G. and Helen G. Bonfils foundations, with aid from city funds. The majority of the assets of the foundations came from Post stock dividends. By 1980, the paper was losing money. Critics accused Seawell of being preoccupied with building up the DCPA. Seawell sold the Post to the Los Angeles -based Times Mirror Company for $ 95 million. Proceeds went to

900-809: The Litchfield Independent Review , the International Falls Journal , the Lakeshore Weekly News , the Chanhassen Villager , Chaska Herald , Eden Prairie News , Jordan Independent , Shakopee Valley News , Prior Lake American and the Savage Pacer . In April 2020, two of Minneapolis' west metro newspapers— The Eden Prairie News and Lakeshore Weekly News bought earlier in 2020 by Digital First Media—announced their closure at

950-524: The Monterey Peninsula from 1990 to 2014. It previously appeared as The Monterey Peninsula Herald , with editorial offices on Pacific Street in Monterey, California . The newspaper was founded and long published by Colonel Allen Griffin , and its long-time editor-in-chief was Edward Kennedy . Kennedy, as an Associated Press correspondent, had won celebrity, and considerable criticism, in

1000-409: The News staff, and a broadsheet on Sunday, produced by the Post staff. Both newspapers' editorial pages appeared in both weekend papers. The JOA ended on February 27, 2009, when the Rocky Mountain News published its last issue. The following day, the Post published its first Saturday issue since 2001. The Post launched a staff expansion program in 2001, but declining advertising revenue led to

1050-576: The Post from Alden Global Capital , stating: "Denver deserves a newspaper owner who supports its newsroom." In August 1892, The Evening Post was founded by supporters of Grover Cleveland with $ 50,000. It was a Democratic paper used to publicize political ideals and stem the number of Colorado Democrats leaving the party. Cleveland had been nominated for president because of his reputation for honest government. However, Cleveland and eastern Democrats opposed government purchase of silver, Colorado's most important product, which made Cleveland unpopular in

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1100-471: The Bonfils Foundation, securing the financial future of the DCPA. Times Mirror started morning publication and delivery. Circulation improved, but the paper did not perform as well as required. Times Mirror sold The Denver Post to Dean Singleton and MediaNews Group in 1987. In January 2001, MediaNews and E.W. Scripps , parent company of the now defunct Rocky Mountain News , entered into

1150-594: The closing days of World War II by announcing Germany 's surrender one day before that announcement was supposed to have been made. A small monument in Monterey memorializes him for having given the world an extra day of peace. In 1967, the newspaper was bought by Block Communications . In 1992 the paper was acquired by the E.W. Scripps Company in exchange for the Pittsburgh Press , which Block merged into its own Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Scripps traded

1200-403: The company acquired The Scranton Times-Tribune and three other daily newspapers from Times-Shamrock Communications . The sale included weekly and periodic newspapers and commercial printing operations—Absolute Distribution Inc. and Times-Shamrock Creative Services. In April 2024, Southwest News Media, owned by Digital First Media, announced its weekly newspapers would cease before the end of

1250-621: The company said that it would no longer be seeking a sale. In 2017, The Denver Post announced that its headquarters were moving to its printing plant in North Washington in Adams County, Colorado . The operation of The Denver Post by Digital First Media, under the ownership of Alden Global Capital, has come under extensive criticism from workers at the newspaper and outside the organization. The hedge fund has made "relentless cost cuts" since taking ownership in 2010, despite

1300-526: The company was ranked third-largest among the newspaper groups in the country. Alden Global Capital has been accused of "strip mining" its newspaper holdings. In October 2017, the company's CEO, Steve Rossi, stepped down from his position. In February 2018, Digital First Media put in a $ 11.9 million winning bid to purchase the Boston Herald. In March 2016, a bankruptcy judge approved the sale of Freedom Communications and its two major newspapers,

1350-587: The cuts were hamstringing the ability of the Post to provide quality coverage of the fast-growing Denver region, and compared the size of its newsroom unfavorably to those of other newspapers in cities of comparable or smaller size to Denver. Alden's "harvesting strategy" is what prompted Greg Moore, editor of The Denver Post from 2002 to 2016, to step down. The "open revolt" of the Denver Post against its owners garnered support and praise from other newspapers and journalists, including Mitchell Landsberg of

1400-551: The end of April 2020 due to a decline in advertising revenue amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 25, 2021, Alden Global Capital acquired Tribune Publishing . With its combined holdings, Alden became the second-largest owner of newspapers in the United States in terms of subscribers, behind only Gannett . On July 10, 2023, Digital First Media acquired The San Diego Union-Tribune for an undisclosed sum. That August,

1450-406: The existence of only two sexes was "the last straw" for his column, he emphasizes "the reason for my firing is over a difference in style." He was officially fired for failing to use "respectful language" and the lack of a "collaborative and professional manner." Editors of The Denver Post include: Former columnists include Woody Paige in sports, Tom Noel on local history, Mike Rosen on

1500-553: The largest newspaper companies in the United States. It operated 56 daily newspapers in 12 states, with combined daily and Sunday circulation of about 2.4 million and 2.7 million, respectively. The company owned KTVA , a CBS affiliate in Anchorage , Alaska , from March 2000 to October 2012, and radio stations in Texas . Singleton was a pioneer in "clustering": cutting jobs at individual newspapers and consolidating functions at

1550-531: The loan was the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation . It came out of bankruptcy in March 2010 under the majority ownership of its lenders. The MediaNews creditors then removed Media News president Jody Lodovic and its chairman, William Dean Singleton , was reassigned to the position of "executive chairman of the board." The Singleton-Lodovic appointees to the MediaNews board were replaced by new directors representing

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1600-471: The metropolitan area, having a few reporters do the job of many people. Singleton soon earned the nickname "Lean Dean" for his slashing of jobs through clustering. His tight-fisted methods were later adopted as the preferred model by Alden Global Capital and other hedge funds that took over near-bankrupt newspaper companies. In August 2006, Singleton took out around $ 350 million in loans to purchase four newspapers from McClatchy Company . Among those providing

1650-495: The month, including: Chaska Herald , Chanhassen Villager , Jordan Independent , the Shakopee Valley News , Prior Lake American and Savage Pacer. Crow River Media, another subsidiary, announced The Hutchinson Leader and Litchfield Independent Review will also close along with its affiliate printing plant. Listed alphabetically by name, daily newspapers owned by MediaNews include the following: Some of

1700-406: The newspapers are focused on making a profit to the detriment of good journalism. William Dean Singleton was quick to point out MediaNews' commitment to print journalism but resisted efforts to develop online web sites for his newspapers, believing print would remain the format favored by readers. The Berkshire Eagle editor David E. Scribner, two years after MediaNews bought his newspaper, said

1750-616: The online publication has surged in popularity, beating the industry veteran High Times in September 2016. Thirty layoffs were announced for The Post in March 2018, according to the Denver Business Journal . On September 7, 2011, John Paton, CEO of Journal Register Company , was appointed CEO of MediaNews Group, replacing Singleton, who stayed on as the Post ' s publisher and CEO of MediaNews until his retirement in 2013. He remains non-executive chairman of

1800-416: The organization. With the move, the Post also entered into an agreement with the newly created Digital First Media, led by Paton, that would provide management services and lead the execution of the company's business strategy in conjunction with Journal Register. Paton stepped down as CEO of Digital First in June 2015, and was succeeded by longtime MediaNews executive Steve Rossi. In the same announcement,

1850-507: The paper's newsroom from 100 to around 70 people, prompted a denunciation of its owners from the editorial board of The Denver Post . The editorial decried Alden Global Capital as "vulture capitalists" who were "strip-mining" the newspaper; it concluded that "Denver deserves a newspaper owner who supports its newsroom. If Alden isn't willing to do good journalism here, it should sell the Post to owners who will." The editorial board pointed out that

1900-547: The paper's was name changed to Denver Evening Post . On January 1, 1901 the word "Evening" was dropped from the name and the paper became The Denver Post . Post reporters include Gene Fowler , Frances Belford Wayne , and " sob sister " Polly Pry . Damon Runyon worked briefly for the Post in 1905–1906 before gaining fame as a writer in New York. After the deaths of Tammen and Bonfils in 1924 and 1933, Helen and May Bonfils Stanton , Bonfils' daughters, became

1950-550: The paper, along with The (San Luis Obispo) Tribune , to Knight Ridder in 1997, in exchange for the Boulder Daily Camera . Knight Ridder was later purchased by the Sacramento -based McClatchy Company in June 2006 in a deal valued at $ 4.5 billion. The deal was contingent on McClatchy selling off 12 of the 32 newspapers it had just purchased, including The Monterey County Herald . On April 26, 2006, it

2000-473: The principal owners of the Post . In 1946, the Post hired Palmer Hoyt from the Portland Oregonian to become editor and publisher of the Post and to give the paper a new direction. With Hoyt in charge, news was reported fairly and accurately. He took editorial comment out of the stories and put it on an editorial page. He called the page The Open Forum and it continues today. In 1960, there

2050-427: The reported profitability of the Post , principally by laying off the newspaper's staff. Margaret Sullivan of The Washington Post called Alden Global Capital "one of the most ruthless of the corporate strip-miners seemingly intent on destroying local journalism." Under Digital Media First, the number of journalists in the newsroom was reduced by almost two-thirds by April 2018, to around 70 people. This represents

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2100-570: The same community newspaper division for Digital First Media as the Monterey Herald. The two newspapers now share a common publisher, advertising director and circulation director. In August 2014, The Monterey Herald moved from its 24-year location in Ryan Ranch to a renovated headquarters on Garden Road in Monterey. Media News Group MNG Enterprises, Inc. , doing business as Digital First Media and MediaNews Group ,

2150-402: The staff realized Singleton had miscalculated the impact of the internet and attributed the downward spiral of his media properties to his short-sightedness. In recent years similar criticism has been aimed at the new organizational structure under Digital First Media. The Denver Post editorial staff and others have criticized the owners of hedge fund group, Alden Global Capital . Alden has

2200-462: The state. Following the bust of silver prices in 1893, the country and Colorado went into a depression and The Evening Post suspended publication in August 1893. A new group of owners with similar political ambitions raised $ 100,000 and resurrected the paper in June 1894. On October 28, 1895, Harry Heye Tammen , former bartender and owner of a curio and souvenir shop, and Frederick Gilmer Bonfils ,

2250-441: The state’s educational authorities for imposing a speech code forbidding speech considered “stigmatizing”. “In case you hadn’t noticed,” he wrote, “just about everything is stigmatizing to the easily triggered, perpetually offended.” Continuing on his theme of transparency, he also complained that the schools were not doing enough to make parents aware of the contents of their sex-ed curricula. While Caldara believes his "insistence" on

2300-441: The stockholders group led by Alden Global Capital , a hedge fund firm which has acquired a large, though not controlling, stake. Several interim executive positions were also filled by people related to Alden or its parent, Smith Management LLC. MediaNews became managed by Journal Register 's Digital First Media. As of 2012, the combined newspapers and online media outlets managed by the company had 66.6 million readers. In 2017,

2350-510: The weeklies owned by the company: Other MediaNews properties include: MediaNews Group is known as a cost-cutter in the newspaper publishing industry. The company has a reputation for buying smaller daily newspapers in a single area (examples include Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area) and consolidating their operations, including sharing staff writers and printing facilities. Some former employees and readers say that

2400-433: The work to Genpact starting December 28. In January 2019, Digital First Media acquired 7.5% of Gannett 's public stock, and made an unsolicited bid to acquire Gannett for $ 1.36 billion. On February 4, 2019, Gannett's board "unanimously rejected" the offer, saying "that MNG does not have a realistic plan to acquire Gannett". On February 11, 2019, Gannett issued a press release accusing Digital First Media of engaging in

2450-409: Was a takeover attempt by publishing mogul Samuel I. Newhouse . Helen Bonfils brought in her friend and lawyer Donald Seawell to save the paper. The fight led to a series of lawsuits as Post management struggled to maintain local ownership. It lasted 13 years and drained the paper financially. When Helen Bonfils died in 1972, Seawell was named president and chairman of the board. He was also head of

2500-602: Was announced that MediaNews Group, headed by William Dean Singleton , would purchase four of the "orphan 12", including the Herald , the Contra Costa Times and San Jose Mercury News , for $ 1 billion. In December 2013, MediaNews Group and 21st Century Media merged to create a new company operating under the name of its parent company, Digital First Media. In 2013, the Santa Cruz Sentinel joined

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