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
