Rocky Mountain News Publishes Final Edition
Colorado’s oldest newspaper shuts 2 months short of its 150th anniversary
MSNBC: Questions about the future of the Rocky Mountain News had become so common, the newspaper’s staff put up a handwritten paper sign on the news desk that said, “We don’t know.”
On Thursday, someone wrote over it in heavy black marker: “Now we know.”Colorado’s oldest newspaper, which launched in Denver in 1859, printed its last edition Friday, leaving the Denver Post as the only daily newspaper in town.
“Goodbye, Colorado,” read the headline on a 52-page commemorative edition wrapping the regular newspaper. “STOP THE PRESSES,” read the front-page headline inside.
The E.W. Scripps Co., which owns the News, said Thursday the newspaper lost $16 million last year and the company was unable to find a viable buyer since announcing a sale Dec. 4.
“Today the Rocky Mountain News, long the leading voice in Denver, becomes a victim of changing times in our industry and huge economic challenges,” Scripps CEO Rich Boehne said Thursday.
