Industry | News Publication Interactive Media |
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Founded | 2006 |
Headquarters | Boulder, Colorado, USA |
Key people | Al Manzi |
Revenue | USD (2007) |
Owner | Digital First Media |
Website | prairiemountainmedia |
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]
In 2006, E. W. Scripps Company and MediaNews Group, Inc. formed a partnership to operate both of the companies' newspapers based in Eastern Colorado. Each company would control a 50% stake in newly created Colorado Publishing Co. [3]
In 2009, MediaNews Group gained full ownership of the company, which at some point was renamed to Prairie Mountain Media. [4]
The company acquired Lehman Communications in 2011 [5] [6] [7] and the Greeley Tribune from Swift Communications in 2020. [8]
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. [9]
The company owns the following newspapers in Colorado: