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BLOG: Official announcement at Rocky

February 26, 2009

Staffers at the Rocky Mountain News are gathered in the newsroom for an announcement on its future. Tomorrow will be the final edition of Colorado's oldest newspaper, Scripps execs have announced.

Post, newspaper agency unions agree to wage, benefit cuts

February 25, 2009

Unions representing workers at the Denver Newspaper Agency have reached a tentative agreement on wage and benefit cuts that average 11.7 percent.

• DOCUMENT: Denver Newspaper Agency letter to unions
• SPECIAL REPORT: Rocky Mountain News closes

Scripps: Earnings down; Rocky announcement expected soon

February 19, 2009

The E.W. Scripps Co. said today it expects to announce its plans for the future of the Rocky Mountain News, which lost $16 million in 2008, before the end of the first quarter March 31.

• LINK: E.W. Scripps' fourth-quarter results

Scripps announces widespread pay cuts

February 18, 2009

Rocky Mountain News parent company E.W. Scripps told its employees across the country Wednesday that it was instituting widespread pay cuts and the suspension of certain retirement benefits.

• DOCUMENT: Scripps memo about cuts
• DOCUMENT: Post editor's memo to staff

Denver Newspaper Agency seeks $35 million of cuts

February 11, 2009

The Denver Newspaper Agency seeks to cut about $35 million of expenses, double what had been reported previously, according to people familiar with the situation.

White Wolf plans media-training center

February 9, 2009

The White Wolf Media Group of Helena, Mont., the first and only group to publicly express an interest in buying the Rocky Mountain News, said Monday it plans to set up a media-training resource office in Denver after visiting the area.

• LINK: White Wolf Media Group's "Native View"

Denver Newspaper Agency plans for a one-newspaper town

February 4, 2009

The agency that handles business operations for the two major Denver newspapers is planning for life in a one-newspaper town.

• PDF: Read a draft of an unsent letter from the DNA to advertisers

300 join rally in support of Rocky

January 29, 2009

About 300 people clutched candles against the wind during a Thursday evening rally to support the Rocky Mountain News, which may close if its owner can't find a buyer.

• VIDEO: Save our Rocky
• YOUTUBE: Historian Tom Noel gives speech about Rocky
• GALLERY: Photos from the candlelight rally
• CBS4 VIDEO: Interview with Rocky columnist Bill Johnson
• CBS4 VIDEO: Interview with Rocky reporter Bill Scanlon
• CBS4 VIDEO: Passion on display at march to save Rocky
• CBS4 VIDEO: Hundreds rally to show support for Rocky
• YOUTUBE: More video of the candlelight march

Denver Post, Newspaper Guild talks to resume Friday

February 3, 2009

Denver Post Publisher Dean Singleton spoke about the financial situation in the Denver newspaper market at a seven-hour bargaining session Friday between The Post and the Denver Newspaper Guild.

MediaNews asks California newspaper staffs to take week off without pay

January 30, 2009

The owner of The Denver Post has asked employees at many of its California newspapers to take a week off, without pay, by March 1, according to memos posted at online journalism news sites.

Post vows not to publish Rocky

January 28, 2009

The owners of The Denver Post said Wednesday that if the Rocky Mountain News is sold, they intend to take control of the Denver Newspaper Agency and publish only The Post.

• DOCUMENT: Read the complete letter from Scripps executives to Post executives
• DOCUMENT: Statement from The Denver Post

Scripps says Post violates JOA

January 28, 2009

The Denver Post violated its agreement with Rocky owner E.W. Scripps when it borrowed $13 million from their jointly owned operating agency to cover The Post's newsroom payroll, Scripps wrote in a letter to Post executives last month.

• DOCUMENT: Read the complete letter from Scripps executives to Post executives

Newspaper union to start talks with Post

January 23, 2009

A Denver Newspaper Guild bargaining team will start contract concession talks today with the MediaNews Group's The Denver Post.

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• THE BUZZ: What other news outlets and blogs are saying about the sale offering
• WEB SITE: iwantmyrocky.com

Newspaper joint operating agreements are fading

January 22, 2009

The newspaper industry may not be dead, but joint operating agreements, designed to preserve two-newspaper towns, are failing.

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