MediaNews Group is still in the merger business. The Denver-based newspaper chain has acquired The Gardner News, a family owned newspaper that circulates in central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Terms of the deal are confidential.
MediaNews is the leading contender to buy the Orange County Register, though talks between MediaNews and Register-owner Freedom Communications recently stalled over price.
Showing posts with label denver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label denver. Show all posts
Sep 7, 2009
Mar 17, 2009
Ex-Rocky reporters go online
About 30 former staffers of the defunct Rocky Mountain News plan to launch a news website called indenvertimes.com on May 4, provided they're able to sign up 50,000 subscribers by April 23.
From the Denver Business Journal:
From the Denver Business Journal:
When the site launches, the news itself will be free. But subscribers will have access to “the insights, columns and perspectives of INDT journalists, along with live interactive chats new applications, mobile feeds and advanced technologies,” according to a news release.
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In Denver Times is asking for subscriber pledges. The pledges have three prices: three months for $6.99 a month, six months for $5.99 a month, or 12 months for $4.99 a month.
Feb 9, 2009
Feb 5, 2009
Rough draft
A letter to advertisers saying that the Denver Post will be the only newspaper in town as of March 1 is merely a ... test, according to the agency that oversees the joint operating agreement between the Post and the Rocky Mountain News. Just like pre-writing an obituary, I guess.
Jan 10, 2009
Saturday shorts
Aug 30, 2008
Denver highlights
I didn't have the time to do much writing while in Denver, but plan to lash together a few thoughts in the next day or two.
One point: The Democratic National Convention might as well have been a production of CNN considering the real estate and access the cable channel had.
Which is why I don't understand Bill Boyarsky's argument that the convention signaled the death of the mainstream media. I've never seen mainstream media look more powerful. In addtion to CNN, which ran its own grill (off limits to non-CNN journalists), both MSNBC and Fox took over entire buildings right outside the Pepsi Center.
Indeed, conventions are now the domain of cable television, not of print - and not, as far as I could see, of blogs. The LA Times might have been relegated to a spot inside the Tribune Co. compound, but that's a decision peculiar to Tribune. Most of the other big publications had ample space inside one of the four big tents.
I also want to address a vague report from The Hill's blog that said people with green press passes applauded and chanted during the Obama speech at Invesco Field. The story does not say whether they were members of the traditional media, bloggers, or just people who happened to get their hands on press passes - how about asking them who they work for? I sat in a section with hundreds of people wearing purple "hall" passes that grant access to the camera stands used by the working press. I don't think any of them were actually media; the people who surrounded us were party members, movie stars and residents of Denver given the passes as tickets into the stadium.
I didn't have the time to do much writing while in Denver, but plan to lash together a few thoughts in the next day or two.
One point: The Democratic National Convention might as well have been a production of CNN considering the real estate and access the cable channel had.
Which is why I don't understand Bill Boyarsky's argument that the convention signaled the death of the mainstream media. I've never seen mainstream media look more powerful. In addtion to CNN, which ran its own grill (off limits to non-CNN journalists), both MSNBC and Fox took over entire buildings right outside the Pepsi Center.
Indeed, conventions are now the domain of cable television, not of print - and not, as far as I could see, of blogs. The LA Times might have been relegated to a spot inside the Tribune Co. compound, but that's a decision peculiar to Tribune. Most of the other big publications had ample space inside one of the four big tents.
I also want to address a vague report from The Hill's blog that said people with green press passes applauded and chanted during the Obama speech at Invesco Field. The story does not say whether they were members of the traditional media, bloggers, or just people who happened to get their hands on press passes - how about asking them who they work for? I sat in a section with hundreds of people wearing purple "hall" passes that grant access to the camera stands used by the working press. I don't think any of them were actually media; the people who surrounded us were party members, movie stars and residents of Denver given the passes as tickets into the stadium.
Aug 29, 2008
Aug 27, 2008
Aug 26, 2008
Aug 25, 2008
Inside the tent
We're producing "To The Point" from Tent #4, which is about 100 yards from the Pepsi Center and 50 yards from the Daily Show bus, which showed up this morning with the Daily Show's roving correspondents inside. We're also just a couple yards from a giant air conditioner that hums a tune of madness. Fortunately, we convinced Steve the Air Conditioning Technician to turn if off for the show.
Being here is like being on a gigantic CNN set. Including the CNN grille that's open only to CNN staff and their guests.
About last night:
The Place To Be was the Friends of New Orleans shindig. Free beer and live jazz. Many big names in the mediasphere wandered through - J. Carville, D. Brazile, A. Cooper, M. Kaus, D. Corn, the woman formerly known as Wonkette, etc.
On our way to another party, sponsored by California state Sen. Alex Padilla (he was heading back today to rejoin the budget impasse), we passed the Rev. Al Sharpton. He was posing for photos. At the party, in wandered Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. He passed through quickly.
But the highlight of the evening was a happenstance meeting with Charlie Wilson, who was hanging out at a National Democratic Jewish Council gathering nearby. We did a quick interview on the videophone they sent us with to Denver.
We're producing "To The Point" from Tent #4, which is about 100 yards from the Pepsi Center and 50 yards from the Daily Show bus, which showed up this morning with the Daily Show's roving correspondents inside. We're also just a couple yards from a giant air conditioner that hums a tune of madness. Fortunately, we convinced Steve the Air Conditioning Technician to turn if off for the show.
Being here is like being on a gigantic CNN set. Including the CNN grille that's open only to CNN staff and their guests.
About last night:
The Place To Be was the Friends of New Orleans shindig. Free beer and live jazz. Many big names in the mediasphere wandered through - J. Carville, D. Brazile, A. Cooper, M. Kaus, D. Corn, the woman formerly known as Wonkette, etc.
On our way to another party, sponsored by California state Sen. Alex Padilla (he was heading back today to rejoin the budget impasse), we passed the Rev. Al Sharpton. He was posing for photos. At the party, in wandered Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. He passed through quickly.
But the highlight of the evening was a happenstance meeting with Charlie Wilson, who was hanging out at a National Democratic Jewish Council gathering nearby. We did a quick interview on the videophone they sent us with to Denver.
Aug 14, 2008
How do you like your accommodations?
According to the New York Times, the Obama campaign has agreed to let Hillary Clinton submit her name for the Democratic nomination in Denver as a symbolic gesture to satisfy some of her more vocal supporters. The open question: Will the vote be merely symbolic? Or has Obama opened the door to shenanigans?
Is this a case of political appeasement? Or a sign that Obama is going to pick Clinton as his VP?
According to the New York Times, the Obama campaign has agreed to let Hillary Clinton submit her name for the Democratic nomination in Denver as a symbolic gesture to satisfy some of her more vocal supporters. The open question: Will the vote be merely symbolic? Or has Obama opened the door to shenanigans?
Is this a case of political appeasement? Or a sign that Obama is going to pick Clinton as his VP?
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