Aspen Daily News

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Aspen Daily News
'If you don't want it printed, don't let it happen."
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Paperbag Media
Founder(s)David Danforth
PublisherDavid A. Cook
EditorAndre Salvail
Founded1978
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters625 W Main St #204
Circulation 14,500
Website aspendailynews.com

The Aspen Daily News is a 7-day-a-week newspaper in the ski resort of Aspen, Colorado that started in 1978.

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History

In 1978, Dave Danforth, then working as a stringer for The Denver Post and some national publications, began printing up a one-sheet "missive" and distributing 2,000 copies around Aspen. "It was typewritten, both sides, with a little band of ads one inch high, a free handout," former Aspen journalist Andy Stone recalls. "He had a taste and a flair for sensational journalism." [1]

The newspaper, which soon converted to a tabloid format on traditional newsprint, has had a competition over decades with The Aspen Times , founded as a daily in 1881 before converting to a weekly in the 1920s. In the face of The News' incursion, The Times introduced a daily edition beginning in 1988; [1] as of 2016, The Times continues to publish daily. [2]

The News proudly embraces its position as a muckraking, investigative newspaper with the motto: "If you don't want it printed, don't let it happen." [3] The newspaper has not been without its own controversies, however. In 2003, the paper declared that it would stop covering the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case, which it regarded as over-covered and un-newsworthy, unless and until there was a verdict or settlement. [4] In 2010, its editor was ousted following a DUI arrest when he implied he would give a police officer more favorable news coverage. [5] Later in 2010, Danforth received a summons in the early morning of Oct. 9 for trespassing after he and a clerk at a local gas station allegedly argued about the tax on the purchase of a newspaper. "Police said he refused to leave the Locals Corner store around 2 a.m. when asked repeatedly by the worker and responding officers," the competing newspaper reported. [6] Separately, a 2013 lawsuit accused Danforth of withholding funds from accounts tied to a building he owned with a fellow business partner. [7]

In 2015, the newspaper moved to 2,000 square feet of offices in a building on Main Street where the Stage 3 movie theater once stood. [8] In 2017, Dave Danforth sold the paper to a former manager and local investors. [9] [10]

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  2. ↑ "AboutUs Aspen Colorado | AspenTimes.com". The Aspen Times. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  3. ↑ "if you don't want it printed don't let it happen - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  4. ↑ Kelly, David (2003-10-19). "For Paper, It's a Slam Dunk: Bryant Story Isn't Fit to Print". Los Angeles Times. ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  5. ↑ "Aspen Daily News editor suspended over incident with officer | SkyHiDailyNews.com". The Sky-Hi News. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  6. ↑ "Dave Danforth is everywhere - except court | AspenTimes.com". The Aspen Times. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  7. ↑ "Suit accuses Aspen Daily News owner David Danforth of freezing out partner | AspenTimes.com". The Aspen Times. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  8. ↑ "February 2015 Colorado Editor" . Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  9. ↑ Wackerle, Curtis (2017-08-29). "New era as Aspen Daily News changes hands". Aspen Daily News. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  10. ↑ "Aspen Daily News sold to group including acting publisher, local investors". Aspen Times. 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2024-10-15.


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