Rocky Mountain News Closing

Is It Too Late to Save (Newspaper) Journalism?

Aaron Harber | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media


Aaron Harber

Turning around the industry means turning around the country. It could easily be a two-decade process.

World Association of Newspapers' President Slams Aggregators and Reveals Merger With IFRA

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media


Faisal J. Abbas

Even if the recession is over, what are newspapers going to do with the ever growing competition coming from their online counterparts?

Clay Shirky is Right: Newspapers' Death is Journalism's Loss

Tom Watson | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media


Tom Watson

The Internet has been a destructive force for many business models, but none threatens the basis of the republic as much as the digital knife busily sawing at the fraying Achilles tendon of American newspapers.

InDenverTimes.com: Ex-Rocky Mountain News Staffers Plan Denver News Website

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 04.16.2009 | Media


DENVER — With backing from three entrepreneurs, staffers of the recently shuttered Rocky Mountain News plan to start an online news publication ...

Jason Linkins

Colorado Representative Apologizes For Cheering Rocky's Demise

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics


Jared Polis, a Democratic member of the House Of Representatives from Colorado's Second District, has apologized after remarks he made gloating over t...

What We Lost When We Lost Rocky -- Paper First Exposed Teen Torture

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media


Maia Szalavitz

Just last week, Denver lost the Rocky Mountain News and before its website disappears, I wanted to share an example of just how much newspapers matter.

Rocky Mountain News Web Traffic Surges In Final Days

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media


The website of the Rocky Mountain News, the Scripps paper that closed on Friday after it was unable to attract a buyer, experienced a surge in web tra...

Rocky Mountain News Says Goodbye

Rocky Mountain News | The Rocky | Posted 03.30.2009 | Media


It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to you today. Our time chronicling the life of Denver and Colorado, the nation and the world, is over. Th...

Denver Mayor: "This Is A Sad Moment In The History Of Denver And Colorado"

AP | ALYSIA PATTERSON and CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 03.29.2009 | Media


DENVER — Citizens, politicians and competitors raised a tribute Thursday to Colorado's oldest newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News, which is publi...

Rocky Mountain News Final Edition To Be Published Friday

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 03.29.2009 | Media


DENVER — The Rocky Mountain News, Colorado's oldest newspaper and a Denver fixture since 1859, will publish its last edition Friday. Owner E.W....