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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | Swift Communications |
Founder(s) | James Hoyle |
Editor | Lisa Schlictman (2013–2021) Brent Boyer (2007–2013) [1] |
Founded | 1885 (Pilot) 1927 (Today) |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 32 10th Street Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477 |
Country | United States |
Circulation | 9,099(as of 2009) [2] |
Sister newspapers | Craig Press |
OCLC number | 82453875 |
Website | www |
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]
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]