Prairie Mountain Media
| Industry | News Publication Interactive Media |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Boulder, Colorado, USA |
Key people | Al Manzi |
| Revenue | USD (2007) |
| Owner | Digital First Media |
| Website | prairiemountainmedia |
Prairie Mountain Media is an American publishing company owned by Digital First Media. It owns a series of newspapers most notably The Denver Post. Digital First Media is owned by Alden Global Capital which has sharply cut costs by reducing the number of journalists working on many of its newspapers.[1][2]
History
[edit]In 2006, E. W. Scripps Company and MediaNews Group, Inc. formed a partnership to operate both of the companies' newspapers based in Eastern Colorado. Each company would control a 50% stake in newly created Colorado Publishing Co.[3]
In 2009, MediaNews Group gained full ownership of the company, which at some point was renamed to Prairie Mountain Media.[4]
The company acquired Lehman Communications in 2011[5][6][7] and the Greeley Tribune from Swift Communications in 2020.[8]
In June 2024, the company announced it will shutter its printing plant in Berthoud and move production of its papers to The Denver Post's production facility. As a result, 40 employees will be let go.[9]
Prairie Mountain Media newspapers
[edit]The company owns the following newspapers in Colorado:
- Akron News-Reporter (Akron, Colorado)
- Broomfield Enterprise (Broomfield, Colorado)
- Brush News-Tribune (Brush, Colorado)
- Burlington Record (Burlington, Colorado)
- Cañon City Daily Record (Cañon City, Colorado)
- Colorado Daily (Boulder, Colorado)
- Colorado Hometown Weekly (Erie/Lafayette/Louisville/Superior, Colorado)
- Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado)
- Denver Post (Denver, Colorado)
- Estes Park Trail-Gazette (Estes Park, Colorado)
- The Fort Morgan Times (Fort Morgan, Colorado)
- Greeley Tribune (Greeley, Colorado)
- Journal-Advocate (Sterling, Colorado)
- Julesburg Advocate (Julesburg, Colorado)
- Lamar Ledger (Lamar, Colorado)
- Longmont Times-Call (Longmont, Colorado)
- Loveland Reporter-Herald (Loveland, Colorado)
- South Platte Sentinel (Logan County, Colorado)
References
[edit]- ^ Bauerlein, Monika (May 15, 2020). ""News is just like waste management."". Mother Jones. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ Folkenflik, David (May 21, 2021). "'Vulture' Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers". NPR. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ "Scripps & MediaNews Group Inc Will Operate Their Eastern Colorado Newspapers Jointly As The Colorado Publishing Company". Scripps. February 2, 2006. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Raabe, Steve (August 27, 2009). "Post's owner, Scripps end deal". The Denver Post. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "Lehman Comm. Sold to Prairie Mountain Publishing". Cañon City Daily Record. July 29, 2011. Archived from the original on July 5, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ^ Wallace, Alicia (January 21, 2011). "Boulder Camera owner acquires Lehman Communications, Longmont Times-Call". Daily Camera. Boulder, Colorado.
- ^ "Lehman sale to MediaNews subsidiary finalized". Cañon City Daily Record. July 29, 2011. Archived from the original on July 5, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
- ^ Agnew, Kelly Geary (February 25, 2020). "Swift Communications sells Greeley Tribune to newspaper operator MediaNews Group". Post Independent. Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- ^ "Prairie Mountain Media will close Berthoud printing plant". The Denver Post. June 27, 2024. Archived from the original on June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Scripps, MediaNews Group establish new partnership in Eastern Colorado - source Scripps Press Release Friday, February 2, 2006
- Scripps, MediaNews form new partnership - source
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