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On December 4, 2008, E.W. Scripps & Co. put the News up for sale, possibly a prelude to shutting down the paper.<ref>http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_11142453</ref> |
On December 4, 2008, E.W. Scripps & Co. put the News up for sale, possibly a prelude to shutting down the paper.<ref>http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_11142453</ref> |
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Journalists at the Rocky Mountain News launched a website in December 2008 in effort to save the newspaper. |
Journalists at the Rocky Mountain News launched a website in December 2008 in effort to save the newspaper.<ref>http://www.iwantmyrocky.com</ref> The effort was unsuccessful, as the paper will publish its final edition on February 27, 2009. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 19:14, 26 February 2009
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | E. W. Scripps Company, Operated by Denver Newspaper Agency |
| Publisher | John Temple |
| Editor | John Temple |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Headquarters | 101 West Colfax Ave. Suite 500 Denver, CO 80202  United States |
| Circulation | 255,427 Daily[1] 704,806 Sunday[2] |
| Website | rockymountainnews.com |
The Rocky Mountain News is a Monday-Saturday morning tabloid-format newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. (Despite Scripps still running the paper, it's the only newspaper in the Scripps family not to have the corporate lighthouse logo on the front page.) As of March 2006, the Monday-Friday circulation was 255,427.[1]
Under the leadership of President, Publisher and Editor John Temple, the Rocky Mountain News has won four Pulitzer Prizes since the year 2000. Most recently in 2006, the newspaper won two Pulitzers in Feature Writing and Feature Photography.
History
First issue
The Rocky Mountain News is Colorado's oldest newspaper and continuously operated business. Its first issue was printed on April 23, 1859 by founder William N. Byers, who had hauled his printing press from Omaha, Nebraska by oxcart during the start of the Colorado Gold Rush. The first issue was printed only 20 minutes ahead of its rival, the Cherry Creek Pioneer.
Jack Foster
The E.W. Scripps Company bought the Rocky Mountain News in 1926. The Rocky Mountain News and its competitors, including The Denver Post, resorted to gasoline giveaways and other promotions in an attempt to boost circulation. By the early 1940s, the Rocky Mountain News had nearly died.
It was saved by then-editor Jack Foster when he convinced Scripps to approve changing the newspaper from a broadsheet-format to a tabloid design. Foster reasoned that the new format would make it easier for readers to hold and navigate and that it would make advertising more affordable.
Foster's wife, Frances, introduced America's first "advice" column called Molly Mayfield. It became an instant favorite among readers and was soon adopted many other newspapers, paving the way for advice columnists such as Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren.
The joint operating agreement
After a continued rivalry that almost put both papers out of business, the Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post merged operations in 2001 under a joint operating agreement [2]. Through the JOA, the Denver Newspaper Agency was formed. The new company runs all non-editorial operations of both papers, namely advertising and circulation, and is equally owned by the E. W. Scripps Company and MediaNews Group (which owns The Denver Post).
While the newspapers share an advertising and circulation department, they still publish separately (except during the weekends, when the Rocky Mountain News is published only on Saturday and The Denver Post on Sunday; both newspapers' editorial pages appear in both weekend papers) and maintain their rivalry.
Recent Awards
2006
- Pulitzer Prize - Feature Writing
- Awarded to Jim Sheeler, Rocky Mountain News reporter for his "Final Salute" special report, the story of a Marine major assigned to casualty notification and how he helps families with fallen relatives in Iraq cope with their loss.
- Pulitzer Prize - Feature Photography
- Awarded to Todd Heisler, Rocky Mountain News photographer for his photos in the "Final Salute" special report.
2003
- Pulitzer Prize - Breaking News Photography
- From the citation: "Awarded to The Rocky Mountain News Photography Staff for its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado's raging forest fires." [3]
- Colorado Press Association's General Excellence Award
- Named best large daily newspaper in Colorado for the eighth year in a row.
- 25 Society for Newspaper Design Awards
- Awarded to the photo and design staffs. They placed eighth in the world.
- 9 National Press Photographers Association Awards
- 6 Pictures of the Year International Awards
2002
- Best Of The West
- Won more first place awards than any other western newspaper
2000
- Pulitzer Prize - Breaking News Photography
- From the citation: "Awarded to the Denver Rocky Mountain News Photo Staff for its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the student shootings at Columbine High School."[4]
Rocky redesigned
On January 23, 2007, the Rocky Mountain News was redesigned to a smaller, magazine-style format. The redesign's features included more color pages and photographs, full-page photo section covers, a new masthead logo and different page numbering from the previous design.
The redesign was the result of new presses that allowed the newspaper to print about 25 percent faster than its old presses and can print an average of 60,000 issues per hour.[3]
News Put Up For Sale
On December 4, 2008, E.W. Scripps & Co. put the News up for sale, possibly a prelude to shutting down the paper.[4]
Journalists at the Rocky Mountain News launched a website in December 2008 in effort to save the newspaper.[5] The effort was unsuccessful, as the paper will publish its final edition on February 27, 2009.
See also
References
- ^ a b "2006 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation" (PDF). BurrellesLuce. 2006-03-31. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Circulation figures include combined figures from the Rocky Mountain News Saturday editions and The Denver Post Sunday editions. The Rocky Mountain News does not publish a Sunday edition.
- ^ [1] Rocky Mountain News video journal. Retrieved on 2007-1-23.
- ^ http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_11142453
- ^ http://www.iwantmyrocky.com
External links
- Rocky Mountain News official site
- Denver Newspaper Agency
- E.W. Scripps Rocky Mountain News profile
- Rocky Mountain News MySpace
- I Want My Rocky organization