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Steamboat Pilot & Today
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Front page on Sunday June 14, 2009.
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Swift Communications
Founder(s)James Hoyle
EditorLisa Schlictman (2013–2021)
Brent Boyer (2007–2013) [1]
Founded1885 (Pilot)
1927 (Today)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters32 10th Street
Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477
CountryUnited States
Circulation 9,099(as of 2009) [2]
Sister newspapersCraig Press
OCLC number 82453875
Website www.steamboatpilot.com

The Steamboat Pilot & Today is an American newspaper serving Routt County, Colorado, and owned by Swift Communications. It is a free tabloid published daily. [2]

As of 2011, the Steamboat Pilot & Today has been named the top newspaper in its circulation class eight times in nine years by the Colorado Press Association. [1]

History

The Pilot was a newspaper established in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and first printed on July 31, 1885, by James Hoyle. [3] [4] It merged with The Routt County Sentinel in 1927, and later with The Oak-Creek Times-Leader in 1944. [4] [5] Jack Kent Cooke acquired The Pilot in 1988. [6] Steamboat Today was first published as a daily tabloid newspaper on August 21, 1989, as an accompaniment to The Pilot. [4] In 1994, WorldWest acquired the papers from the Cooke estate. [7] WorldWest was owned by the Simons family, which also owned the Lawrence Journal-World . [8]

In 2008, ExploreSteamboat.com, the website of Explore Steamboat affiliated magazine, was nominated for the EPPY Awards as Best Regional Magazine–Affiliated Web Site. [9]

In June 2016, the newspaper was acquired by Swift Communications. [8]

In May 2024, the paper announced it will cease publishing a print edition on Mondays. [10]

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