Dave Danforth (publisher)

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Dave Danforth is an American publisher and newspaper owner. In the United States, he pioneered micro-daily newspapers beginning in the late 1970s, including Colorado's Aspen Daily News. [1]

Career

In 1978, Danforth, a Yale University dropout who later returned to graduate from the Ivy League school, [2] then working as a stringer for The Denver Post and for 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 Aspen Daily News, 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. [3] Danforth sold the Daily News in 2017. [4]

In 1989, Danforth, together with partners Mark Guerringue and Adam Hirshan, co-founded the free New Hampshire daily The Conway Daily Sun.[ citation needed ] The newspaper dropped its Monday edition in 2009 but continues to publish Tuesdays through Saturdays.

In 1995, Danforth, together with partners James Pavelich and Dave Price (publisher), co-founded the free The Daily News (Palo Alto). [5] A year later, Pavelich and Price voted to remove Danforth from the newspaper's management. [6] Danforth unsuccessfully sued his partners, citing financial mismanagement, and the newspaper itself was sold in 2005 to Knight Ridder, which itself was later sold. [7] Pavelich and Price ultimately returned to Palo Alto to compete, as Palo Alto Daily Post, against their former newspaper. [8]

In 1999, Danforth co-founded California's Berkeley Daily Planet, which discontinued publication in 2010. [9]

In 2001, Danforth, together with Carolyn Sackariason and Ross Furukawa, co-founded California's Santa Monica Daily Press, which continues to publish as of 2016. Furukawa remains as president. [10]

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