Subject: Kevin Preblud

• Colorado on NPR's bucket list

  Boulder's Karl Hanzel, as seen in a photo by NPR correspondent Jeff Brady. National Public Radio has told a couple of prominent national stories through a Colorado prism in recent days. Last week, the service offered "News For Sale?," a report about the growing movement to charge for online information products that had previously been available for free -- and among those interviewed were Denver-based MediaNews executive Jody Lodovic, commenting on a plan sketched in detail by MediaNews CEO De

  June 1, 2009

• Is E.W. Scripps getting serious about selling the intellectual property of the Rocky Mountain News?

  E.W. Scripps has made no secret of its desire to sell the intellectual property of the Rocky Mountain News -- but the company hasn't done much since the tabloid's February closure to peddle these particular wares. That appears to be changing, however. In recent days, a number of potential bidders have been contacted on behalf of the firm -- a sign that the last details pertaining to Scripps' participation in the Denver Newspaper Agency, the entity that previously handled business matters for t

  June 3, 2009

• Highlights from the In Denver Times launch announcement press conference

  At around 11 a.m. today, two prominent churches on the Auraria campus were hosting very different functions. A group of down-on-their-luck people stood in a line behind St. Elizabeth of Hungary to receive a donated lunch. Meanwhile, several hundred yards away, thirty former Rocky Mountain News journalists and a trio of businessmen gathered in front of St. Cajetan's Center before a slew of electronic and print reporters to announce a new project: In Denver Times. The proposed online newspaper,

  March 16, 2009

• Q&A with Steve Foster, managing editor of In Denver Times

  Steve Foster speaking at the March 16 In Denver Times press conference. As noted in Tuesday's blog "Highlights from the In Denver Times Launch Announcement Press Conference," Steve Foster is among the driving forces behind the project, which will debut in May with a thirty-person staff culled from the Rocky Mountain News if 50,000 subscribers agree to pay around $60 per year for the service by April 23, the 150th anniversary of the Rocky's birth. Yesterday, Foster spelled out more details about

  March 18, 2009

• Q&A with Kevin Preblud, an entrepreneur backing In Denver Times

  Kevin Preblud as he appeared at a news conference announcing the proposed launch of In Denver Times. On Monday, one week after a press conference about In Denver Times, a new web venture peopled by former members of the Rocky Mountain News, Kevin Preblud, one of three entrepreneurs behind the project (along with Brad Gray and Benjamin Ray), took part in the following interview. In addition to detailing his background and the manner in which he became involved, he answers some nuts-and-bolts que

  March 24, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, March 24 edition

  Photo by Lori MidsonHot diggity dogs. Do the Tube Steak Boogie. Today in Cafe Society: • Bernie's brings hot dog heaven to Highlands Ranch. • Get your free french fry fix at Steuben's in April. • Mojitos gives you another reason to go out. • Get a taste of Denver history tonight. Today in Backbeat Online: • Learn the art of audio production from helmet room. • Wavves tops Wax Trax best sellers. • Twiztid top seller at Independent Records. • Bonnie Prince Billy grabs top spot a

  March 24, 2009

• Channel 2 drops the deuce

  March 19, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, April 16 edition

  Scrumptious. Who needs dinner when there's dessert? Today in Cafe Society: • Pink Hooter cupcake for a cause. • Beer today, gone tomorrow. • Action at the Icehouse. • Great Divide introduces three new beers -- and a patio. Today in Backbeat Online: • No 1 Left Standing in talks with a major label? • Beyond Playlist: Josh Reichmann Oracle Band -- Crazy Power. • Record Store Day preview: Uncontrollable Serge. • Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist -- 04.15.09. • Q&A with Brian Villers of

  April 16, 2009

• INDenver Times' Kevin Preblud says project likely to go forward even if subscriber goal not met

  INDenver Times' Kevin Preblud at the March press conference announcing the venture. In a March 24 Q&A, Kevin Preblud, one of three entrepreneurs backing INDenver Times, an online project featuring thirty former members of the now-shuttered Rocky Mountain News, declined to say how many people had subscribed to the service, but promised that the data would be released "shortly." Over three weeks later, and just one week before the Times' April 23 deadline to reach 50,000 subscriptions, "shortly"

  April 16, 2009

• Checking in on INDenver Times

  A new Drew Litton cartoon about the Nuggets' victory over the Mavericks is on today's home page of INDenver Times. On April 23, Kevin Preblud, one of three entrepreneurs backing INDenver Times, an online news service staffed by more than thirty former members of the Rocky Mountain News, revealed that only about 3,000 people had signed up as subscribers by that date -- far short of the 50,000 needed to trigger a full-scale launch. At that time, Preblud said the investors would continue exploring

  May 14, 2009

• Former INDenver Times managing editor Steve Foster on the new Rocky Mountain Independent project

  Steve Foster at a March 16 INDenver Times press conference. The earlier blog headlined "INDenver Times Renegades Plan Rocky Mountain Independent" notes the participation in the online-magazine project of Steve Foster, once INDT's managing editor. Earlier today, Foster, who joins INDT vets David Milstead, Cindy House and John B. Moore at RMI, provided some additional details about the planned service, and makes it clear that a summertime debut won't be put off if preliminary goals aren't met. "

  May 14, 2009

• Behind the launch of the Rocky Mountain Independent

  Steve Foster at the launch announcement for INDenver Times earlier this year. The Rocky Mountain Independent, which officially launched today, is the latest online news project from former members of the Rocky Mountain News -- and many of the fourteen journalists involved were also part of INDenver Times, which fell about 47,000 paid subscribers short of its announced goal of 50,000. Steve Foster, one of RMI's editors, and the former managing editor of INDenver Times, admits that this legacy cr

  July 6, 2009