Mergers and Acquisitions

KUVO's Carlos Lando on station merger with Rocky Mountain PBS, I-News

These days, radio and television stations are known in some quarters as "old media." How can such operations survive in the wake of the Internet revolution? By combining forces. At least that's the theory of folks at public-radio station KUVO, at 89.3 FM in Denver, public-TV service Rocky Mountain P ... More >>

Lessons from the Spicy Pickle and other Colorado-based chains

A former location of the Spicy Pickle.​Ask Kevin Morrison why the Spicy Pickle chain went belly up, and the former executive of that company, who now owns Pinche Tacos, doesn't exactly mince words. "When you have people who aren't businesspeople or restaurant people trying to run a restaurant ... More >>

Tilman Fertitta of Landry's buys McCormick and Schmick's -- and Morton's could be next

Late last week, Tilman J. Fertitta, who owns Landry's, Inc., closed a deal to purchase McCormick & Schmick's, a nationwide restaurant chain that has two locations in Denver, including one in the Oxford Hotel. That spot has been serving up cheap happy hour deals and oysters since 1986 -- before LoD ... More >>

John Moore among 19 taking Denver Post buyouts, layoffs not expected

Update: At last, we've got the complete list of Denver Post employees who have or will be leaving the paper after accepting a buyout offer: nineteen staffers from various departments, including editors, reporters and photographers. Perhaps most surprising: John Moore, the paper's theater critic and ... More >>

Bill Husted has applied for Denver Post buyout, but not sure yet if paper will make deal

Bill Husted.​Earlier this month, we reported about a buyout offer from the Denver Post, with employees being told that if fifteen to twenty of them didn't take the deal, layoffs could follow. We've now confirmed that one of the paper's most prominent names -- columnist Bill Husted, 63 -- has ... More >>

Osiris King

Hostile Takeover
Self-released

Qwest sign: Light there be lights!

​The Denver skyline is bright with Christmas lights, but a traditional blue glow still dominates the dark. And while the status of the Qwest sign will ride on the Qwest/CenturyLink merger proposal, that azure light isn't expected to go out anytime soon.

Qwest, CenturyLink merger on the line for Colorado Public Utilities Commission

​Colorado's Public Utilities Commission is slated to sign off on Qwest's merger with CenturyLink today, a day after Montana became the fourteenth state to okay the deal, pushing memories of Mountain Bell even further down the line. The PUC was initially scheduled to approve the merger last we ... More >>

Wynkoop and Breckenridge Brewery groups brew up a joint venture: Update

Cassandra KotnickWynkoop Brewing Co. has a big deal brewing.​Two weeks ago, the merger of local Rock Bottom Brewing with the Tennessee-based Gordon Biersch brewpub chain formed one of the largest craft-beer-focused companies in the country: Craftworks Restaurants & Breweries. And now, as we ... More >>

Rock Bottom Brewing merges with Gordon Biersch, plans no major changes

​Rock Bottom Brewing, which was founded in Denver in 1991 and now has 35 locations nationwide, has merged with the Tennessee-based Gordon Biersch brewpub chain to form one of the largest craft beer-focused companies in the country. The new firm, called Craftworks Restaurants & Breweries, also ... More >>

Qwest merger: Is it the right number for telecom history buffs?

​Almost three months after CenturyTel announced a $22 billion deal to take over Qwest Communications, some of the most important questions about the historic merger remain unanswered -- like what happens to all those old phone books, weird equipment, archival collections and other cool bits of ... More >>

eBay bids for Boulder's RedLaser and wins: Download app for free here

​Occipital is a Boulder startup that just hit the big time. The company's just been acquired by eBay on the strength of its RedLaser app for iPhones, which scans barcodes, allowing users to compare prices on the go. As part of its big push into mobile shopping, eBay has reduced the price of R ... More >>

Associated Content acquired by Yahoo!

Photo by Mark MangerLuke Beatty ​When most observers consider Denver's most powerful websites, they frequently overlook Associated Content -- and that's a mistake. The project, which got its start in former Westword profile subject Luke Beatty's basement circa 2004, has a simple concept: AC p ... More >>

United-Continental merger shouldn't push back already delayed contract talks, says union rep

Photo courtesy Association of Flight Attendants-CWAUnited employees protesting stalled contract talks at DIA last month.​The merger of United and Continental is potentially blockbuster news, admits Ken Kyle, local counsel president for the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA -- but only poten ... More >>

Qwest merger: Bill Ritter, Mark Udall, Michael Bennet weigh in on losing company HQ

"If they try to take our jobs, who'll join my posse?"​As we told you earlier today, Qwest is being acquired by CenturyTel in a $10.6 billion stock swap. We don't know the repercussions yet, and won't for a while. But they'll undoubtedly be significant in light of the fact that the combined co ... More >>

DISH Network rips proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger

​Englewood's own DISH Network has launched a passionate, if long-shot, effort to stop the blockbuster merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. This morning, in letters addressed to U.S. reps Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns, as well as to senators Herb Kohl and Orrin Hatch, DISH executive vice pres ... More >>

Miller on Miller

Southwest post-game remarks about losing Frontier

​Moments ago, Southwest Airlines released a statement about what everyone else had already figured out -- that Southwest's massive bid for Frontier Airlines had fallen apart at the last minute over an inability to get Frontier pilots to concede on seniority-oriented contract issues. In the do ... More >>

Southwest CEO Gary Kelly on the bid for Frontier

Gary Kelly.​With yesterday's promise of a $170 million bid for Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines made it clear it really, really wants the Denver-based carrier. After all, the total was nearly $60 million more than its previously announced offer of $113 million, which was already higher th ... More >>

John Malone hit with $1.4 million civil penalty related to Justice Department lawsuit

John Malone. As one of Colorado's wealthiest entrepreneurs, Liberty Media chairman John Malone can certainly afford the $1.4 million civil penalty just announced by the U.S. Justice Department. But he can't be pleased by the publicity sure to be generated by the fine, levied against him for violati ... More >>

Denver Post alum Dick Kreck in faceoff with Mr. Beer

Dick Kreck. Dick Kreck is no longer a staffer at the Denver Post, as he makes clear in a voicemail introduction still lingering in the Post system: In the message, he explains that he accepted a buyout offer circa June 2007 and won't be in the office again -- "ever." Nonetheless, he continues to wr ... More >>

Beer Town Abuzz with Coors-Miller Merger

There may be something in Rocky Mountain spring water, but Milwaukee is already buzzing about the future headquarters for Miller and Coors.

Moore on the Post Buyout

Refocusing the Camera

What a Croc!

More Messages: The Sort-Of Scoop

Voices

Untangling a proposed alternative-weekly mega-merger.

Waltz of the Cannibals

How to demolish the telecom industry, in six easy steps.

Best Photo Show -- Group

An American Century of Photography

Backwash

A nobody no more, the Gothic Theatre’s Steve Schalk shacks up with NIPP.

Best Reuse of a Historic Building

Gates Mansion, now Dave's Place

Best Western Store in a Restaurant

Denver Buffalo Company Trading Post

Best Fashion Advice

"Style Matters"
Rocky Mountain News

Life's Bitter Here

The light grows dim for US West's former charities.

Colorado Misses the Call

Before US West rang off, it won one last favor from the state.

Clearing the Channels

Denver's radio shakeup may leave some big names without a home.

Off Limits

What a tangled Web we weave...

Platinum Sol

US West's golden CEO just keeps getting richer and richer.

Liars on the Line

While US West delayed service for months, the company stockpiled millions.

Caller Rewards Program

Now we know why US West execs thinks life's better here.

Bells Are Ringing

US West put service on the line so it could make the deal.

Dying for Dollars

The nursing home industry is earning healthy profits. But its clients may be paying the price.

Just Vote on It

Jeffco's open-space advocates unveil a bond-issue plan to stop Nike.

Someone to Lien On

Off Limits

Power Play

While Public Service execs enjoy a soft landing, employees face a hard future.

The Deal's Disputed Line Item

Whistle Stopped

A proposed railroad merger threatens jobs throughout Colorado -- and, up in Minturn, a way of life.

Wire Me Up, Wire Me Down

US West's new cable partner knows how to make sweet deals. Just ask the FCC.

WESTWORD, HO!