Prairie Mountain Media

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Prairie Mountain Media
Industry News Publication
Interactive Media
Founded2006
Headquarters Boulder, Colorado, USA
Key people
Al Manzi
Revenue USD (2007)
Owner Digital First Media
Website prairiemountainmedia.com

Prairie Mountain Media is an American publishing company owned by Digital First Media. It owns a series of newspapers most notably The Denver Post . Digital First Media is owned by Alden Global Capital which has sharply cut costs by reducing the number of journalists working on many of its newspapers. [1] [2]

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The company acquired Lehman Communications in 2011 [3] [4] [5] and the Greeley Tribune from Swift Communications in 2020. [6]

In June 2024, the company announced it will shutter its printing plant in Berthoud and move production of its papers to The Denver Post's production facility. As a result, 40 employees will be let go. [7]

Prairie Mountain Media newspapers

The company owns the following newspapers in Colorado:

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References

  1. Bauerlein, Monika (May 15, 2020). ""News is just like waste management."". Mother Jones . Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  2. Folkenflik, David (May 21, 2021). "'Vulture' Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers". NPR . Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  3. "Lehman Comm. Sold to Prairie Mountain Publishing" . Cañon City Daily Record . July 29, 2011. Archived from the original on July 5, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  4. Wallace, Alicia (January 21, 2011). "Boulder Camera owner acquires Lehman Communications, Longmont Times-Call". Daily Camera . Boulder, Colorado.
  5. "Lehman sale to MediaNews subsidiary finalized" . Cañon City Daily Record. July 29, 2011. Archived from the original on July 5, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
  6. Agnew, Kelly Geary (February 25, 2020). "Swift Communications sells Greeley Tribune to newspaper operator MediaNews Group". Post Independent . Glenwood Springs, Colorado . Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  7. "Prairie Mountain Media will close Berthoud printing plant" . The Denver Post . June 27, 2024. Archived from the original on June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.