Rocky Mountain News Will Shut Down Friday

Update

By Courtney Lowery, 2-26-09

It's a sad day for Western news: Tomorrow, the Rocky Mountain News will publish for the last time.

E.W. Scripps Co. made the announcement today. Scripps had put the Rocky up for sale in December. No buyers came forward, and at the end of 2008, the Rocky posted a $16 million loss for the year.

You can read the story from the Rocky itself here. Don't miss the comment thread building below it.

According to a Denver Business Journal story, the Denver Post says it will hire some of its former competitor's editor and columnists, including Vincent Carroll, Dave Krieger, Tina Griego, Bill Johnson, Mike Littwin and Penny Parker.

Denver Newspaper Agency CEO Harry Whipple offers a Q&A on the closing here on the Post Web site.

Like this story? Get more! Sign up for our free newsletters.

By Courtney Lowery, 2-26-09 | comments (1) | email story | print story

NEW WEST FEATURES More>>

Highway 21 runs between Boise and Idaho City, alongside the Boise River, a watershed that could be affected by molybdenum mining. Photo by Peg Owen, Idaho Tourism.

Work Begins to Tap Huge Mineral Deposits in Idaho

By New West Editor

Men's Super G event during the Salt Lake City Winter Games at Snowbasin, Utah, in 2002. Photo by Ken Lund, Flickr.

If Denver Wants Winter Olympics, It Will Have to Show the Money

By New West Editor

White-tailed deer. Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Montana Deer Hunting Hit Hard by Disease

By Kate Schwab

Grizzly bear. Photo courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Grizzly Shooting Charges Elicit Outrage in Idaho

By New West Editor

Comments

By John Molloy, 2-26-09

Sad news, as "The Rocky" was light years better than "The Denver Post" and had been for decades. And but a couple of months away from its 150th anniversary.

Best yet was its publication in a tabloid format instead of those infernal "broadsheets" that are infuriating to read. Fold, punch, wrestle, scrunch - and then the top falls over anyway. ARRGH!

Twas' a great newspaper and its demise is a tremendous loss not only to Colorado, but the entire Intermountain West as well.

It shall be missed.

Comment policy:

NewWest.Net encourages robust and lively, but civil participation from our readers. By posting here, you agree to the NewWest.Net terms of service. You agree to keep your comments on topic, respectful and free of gratuitous profanity. Contributions that engage in personal attacks, racism, sexism, bigotry, hatred or are otherwise patently offensive will be subject to removal.

Other than using a filter that scans for comment spam, we do not moderate contributions before they are posted and we do not review every thread, so we ask that you help us in keeping the discussions civil and appropriate. Please email info@newwest.net to notify us of comments that may violate these guidelines. Thanks for your help and cooperation. Click here for some tips on how to best interact on NewWest.Net.

Your Comment

Name

Remember my name and email address.

Notify me of follow-up comments.

NEW WEST TOPICS

Update