The Denver Post Sticks It to Ailing Rocky Mountain News
By Michael de Yoanna
Created 2009-01-28 09:33

By: Michael de Yoanna [1]

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The Denver Post Sticks It to Ailing Rocky Mountain News

The Denver Post violated a joint-operating agreement with E.W. Scripps Co., which owns the Rocky Mountain News, by borrowing $13 million from a shared account to pay Post newsroom employees, according to the Rocky [2], which writes that the concern was raised in a December 9 Scripps letter to Post executives. The Rocky obtained the letter from an anonymous source via e-mail on Monday. Both newspapers are struggling financially, particularly the Rocky, which Scripps wants to sell. Scripps has yet to announce--or maybe find--a buyer for its paper, the Denver Business Journal [3] notes, adding that the Rocky could still be shut down. As The New Yorker [4] magazine writes, "The newspaper is dead. You can read all about online, blog by blog," although that's not necessarily a good thing for democracy. Meanwhile, Rocky supporters, including its employees, will gather for a vigil tomorrow night, inviting all who care about the news to the Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place, at 6 p.m. for a march to the newspaper agency building at 101 West Colfax, according to IWantMyRocky.com [5].
Source URL: http://www.5280.com/blogs/2009/01/28/denver-post-sticks-it-ailing-rocky-mountain-news

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[1] http://www.5280.com/tag/authors/michael-de-yoanna
[2] http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/28/scripps-says-post-violates-joa/
[3] http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/01/26/daily17.html
[4] http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2009/01/26/090126crat_atlarge_lepore?currentPage=all
[5] http://www.iwantmyrocky.com/2009/01/27/more-on-thursdays-candle-light-rally/