[mountainlion]

The Rocky Mountain News was acquired By the Denver Post and now both will bite the dust.

[5by5]

The Post never owned the News. Also, the News shut down in 2009, when Scripps owner of the News) failed to find a buyer for its half of the partnership that jointly ran the business operations of the two papers. They remained bitter rivals to the end.

The News, founded in 1859, was Colorado's oldest, and somewhat conservative paper.

The Post celebrated their victory by veering to the left, abandoning any hope of capturing the readers of the defunct News. That sealed their fate. I'm surprised they lasted this long and will be glad to see them go out of business.

Perhaps the News will rise again.

[OrangeHoof]

The RMN was a good paper while it lasted. Many of the stories were wire copy, yes, but the columnists were mostly conservative and it was nice to sit in a cozy chair on a winter morning and read the columns and the sports pages along with the occasional local story of interest. They used the “tabloid” style of layout (like reading a large book) which made it easier to hold for long stretches instead of the normal widespread newspaper layout.