In a January 21 blog, Rocky Mountain News editor/publisher/president John Temple emphasized that "the grapevine doesn't know what it's talking about" when it comes to the future of the paper, which was put up for sale in December by its owner, E.W. Scripps. Given the silence coming from Scripps, however, staffers and press observers continue to speculate about whether the paper's fate will finally be determined this week, or if a resolution is destined to drag out into February or beyond.
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DJ HeroDenverite Brian Crecente is sort of the Rupert Murdoch of video games. As the editor-in-chief of the influential video game blog Kotaku, Crecente, a former Rocky Mountain News scribe, was recently named of the twenty most influential people in the video-game industry by GamePro magazine.
Crecente has decided to put that power to good use. Case in point: Kotaku's holding its annual video-game fundraiser tonight at 6 p.m. at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton Street, to rai