About Denver Post
The Denver Post is a daily newspaper in Denver, Colorado, as well as a website. It had a print circulation of 57,265 as of June 2022. According to comScore, its website received approximately six million monthly unique visitors in 2016, resulting in more than 13 million page views. The Post was founded in 1983 by William Dean "Dinky" Singleton and Richard Scudder as the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc. Today, MediaNews is one of the nation's largest newspaper chains, publishing 61 daily newspapers and over 120 non-daily publications across 13 states. On December 1, 1987, MediaNews purchased The Denver Post from the Times Mirror Co. In 1980, the Times Mirror purchased the paper from the heirs of founder Frederick Gilmer Bonfils.
The Denver Post has been owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital since 2010, when it purchased its bankrupt parent company, MediaNews Group. In April 2018, the group "Together for Colorado Springs" announced that it was raising funds to purchase the Post from Alden Global Capital, stating that "Denver deserves a newspaper owner who supports its newsroom."
The Evening Post was founded in August 1892 by Grover Cleveland supporters with $50,000. It was a Democratic newspaper that was used to publicize political ideals and to keep Colorado Democrats from leaving the party. Cleveland was nominated for president because of his reputation for good governance. Cleveland and eastern Democrats, on the other hand, were opposed to the government purchasing of silver, Colorado's most important product, which made Cleveland unpopular in the state. Following the collapse of silver prices in 1893, the country and Colorado entered a depression, and The Evening Post ceased publication in August of that year.
In June 1894, a new group of owners with similar political ambitions raised $100,000 and resurrected the paper. On October 28, 1895, the Evening Post was purchased for $12,500 by Harry Heye Tammen, a former bartender and owner of a curio and souvenir shop, and Frederick Gilmer Bonfils, a Kansas City real estate and lottery operator. Neither had any newspaper experience, but they were skilled at promotion and determining what people wanted to read.
With the use of sensationalism, editorials, and "flamboyant circus journalism," the Post entered a new era. Circulation increased and eventually surpassed that of the other three daily newspapers combined. The name of the paper was changed to Denver Evening Post on November 3, 1895. The word "Evening" was dropped from the name on January 1, 1901, and the paper became The Denver Post. Gene Fowler, Frances Belford Wayne, and "sob sister" Polly Pry were among the well-known Post reporters. Damon Runyon briefly worked for the Post from 1905-1906 before establishing himself as a writer in New York.
After Tammen and Bonfils died in 1924 and 1933, respectively, Helen and May Bonfils, Bonfils' daughters, became the Post's primary owners. Palmer Hoyt was hired away from the Portland Oregonian in 1946 to become the Post's editor and publisher and to steer the paper in a new direction. Under Hoyt's leadership, the news was reported fairly and accurately. He removed editorial commentary from the stories and placed it on an editorial page. He called the page The Open Forum, and it is still active today.
Samuel I. Newhouse, a publishing magnate, attempted to take over the company in 1960. Helen Bonfils enlisted the help of her lawyer friend Donald Seawell to save the paper. As Post management struggled to maintain local ownership, a series of lawsuits were filed. It lasted 13 years and financially depleted the paper. Seawell was named president and chairman of the board after Helen Bonfils died in 1972. He was also the executive director of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA). The Frederick G. and Helen G. Bonfils foundations established and funded the Center, with assistance from city funds. The majority of the foundation's assets were derived from Post stock dividends.
The paper was losing money by 1980. Seawell was accused by critics of being preoccupied with expanding the DCPA. Seawell sold the Post for $95 million to the Times Mirror Co. of California. The proceeds were donated to the Bonfils Foundation, ensuring the DCPA's financial future. Morning publication and delivery of the Times Mirror began. Although circulation increased, the paper did not perform as well as expected. In 1987, the Times Mirror sold The Denver Post to Dean Singleton and MediaNews Group.
In January 2001, MediaNews and E.W. Scripps, the parent company of the now-defunct Rocky Mountain News, formed the Denver Newspaper Agency by entering into a joint operating agreement (JOA), combining the former rivals' business operations. The two newspapers' newsrooms agreed to publish separate morning editions Monday through Friday, with the Post using a broadsheet format and the News using a tabloid format.
On Saturday, they published a joint broadsheet newspaper produced by the News staff, and on Sunday, they published a broadsheet produced by the Post staff. Both weekend papers carried editorial pages from both newspapers. The Rocky Mountain News published its final issue on February 27, 2009, which marked the end of the JOA. The Post published its first Saturday issue since 2001 the following day.
The Denver Post launched the cannabis-related online media brand The Cannabist in 2013, just before legalization in Colorado. The online publication, founded by editor-in-chief Ricardo Baca, has grown in popularity, surpassing industry veteran High Times in September 2016. According to the Denver Business Journal, The Post announced thirty layoffs in March 2018.
On September 7, 2011, John Paton, CEO of Journal Register Company, was named CEO of MediaNews Group, succeeding Singleton, who remained the Post's publisher and CEO of MediaNews until his retirement in 2013. He is still the organization's non-executive chairman. The Post also signed an agreement with the newly formed Digital First Media, led by Paton, to provide management services and lead the execution of the company's business strategy in collaboration with the Journal-Register. Paton stepped down as CEO of Digital First in June 2015 and was succeeded by Steve Rossi, a longtime MediaNews executive.
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