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Worth a mention...Colorado Sun is a great example of what local journalists can do after local legacy organizations are snapped up by national/global organizati
by jngreenlee 7y ago
Worth a mention...Colorado Sun is a great example of what local journalists can do after local legacy organizations are snapped up by national/global organizations.
After the Denver Post was acquired by Alden Global Capital, the paper's hedge fund owner,they laid of 1/3 of newsroom staff to maintain a profit margin on the property in the 20 percent range.
Several of those laid off (and some volunteered to migrate), they formed the Colorado Sun, which is online-only and does actual deep investigations locally. It's probably still hard and the money isn't easy, but its better than what we had!
- tnorthcutt 7y agoI'm new (18 months) to Colorado, and I've really been enjoying the coverage the Sun provides. Very impressed.
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- jahlove 7y agoYup, I love Colorado Sun. They are really deserving of your eyeballs and your support.
- elandrum 7y agoI was quite surprised to see a Sun article on HN today. Been a member as soon as I moved to Denver last year and have loved seeing it be such a high quality source of journalism.
- a5seo 7y agoThe Denver Post situation has been a great example of finance eating the world. The Editor is the Boulder Daily Camera fell on his sword quite spectacularly over it... https://boulderfreepress.blog/2018/04/14/private-equity-owners-endanger-cameras-future/ https://boulderfreepress.blog/2018/04/14/private-equity-owne...