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Two deadlines passed Friday without the earthquake at Denver newspapers many were expecting this week. E.W. Scripps, owner of the Rocky Mountain News, had set close of business Friday as the deadline for potential buyers to submit their bids for the newspaper. A Scripps spokesman said the company will take several days to evaluate the next step.
Meanwhile, a deadline established by MediaNews CEO Dean Singleton to receive $22 million in wage and benefit concessions from the unions representing the Denver Post and Denver Newspaper Agency, passed without an agreement. Representatives at the unions have been looking over the agency’s books, and guild officers and members will meet Monday to discuss the situation. From the Rocky Mountain News:
“Based on the documents provided to the auditor, he has determined that (the Agency has) shown the need to renegotiate the debt to avoid default,” said Tony Mulligan, administrative officer of Denver Newspaper Guild Local 37034, the agency’s largest union.
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I heard a rumor that next Friday will be the end of the RMN……Please say it’s NOT SO.
I grew up with the RMN,and will really feel lost,without it.
Is there a way to leave it on the internet still? I we can’t have a paper version,then let us atleast read it on the net.
As a journalism major I was taught to believe that all cities need two newspapers. I was proud of the fact that Denver remained one of the very few cities to still have two papers. I’ve subscribed online to both the Post and Rocky in order to support both of them and maintain Denver’s two different editorial staffs, even though they are now financially joined. I’m frustrated that they don’t work harder to cover the all the news in greater depth but I am still aware of the award-winning articles that are produced several times per year. I believe that there is a place for newspapers in the electronic age, that newspapers can research and report in depth in a way that television, radio and even the internet usually do not. I believe that readers in Denver and the Rocky Mountain West would pay for this in-depth reporting if it was offered to them. I’ve been hoping that a corsortium would form to preserve this historic newspaper and refocus its mission.