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Mike Rosen

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Raise a glass to Jennifer Rosen (and might we suggest filling it with Chateau Canon 1959?)

    Jennifer Rosen had an amazing array of interests. We met her in the early '80s, when she and sister Robin Chotzinoff covered a Chippendale's show: Jenny provided the photos, Robin the words. Robin went on to provide many more words as a longtime staff writer for Westword, but we always followed Jenn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Michael Hancock comes out against the paid sick leave ballot initiative

    ​On his thirtieth day in office, Mayor Michael Hancock really got down to business yesterday, outlining a better, faster, stronger city government in a speech at the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce's State of the City Luncheon that included his opposition to Initiative 300, the paid sick leav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Brian Hill: Righthaven may be hit for fees even after dropping suit against autistic blogger

    Brian Hill.​Earlier this week, amid a flurry of criticism and bad publicity, Nevada-based Righthaven LLC dropped its copyright infringement lawsuit against chronically ill, mildly autistic blogger Brian Hill for unauthorized use of a single Denver Post photo. But if the folks at the firm thoug ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2011

    Letters: Mike Rosen's a relic

    Brian Hill.​Earlier this week, amid a flurry of criticism and bad publicity, Nevada-based Righthaven LLC dropped its copyright infringement lawsuit against chronically ill, mildly autistic blogger Brian Hill for unauthorized use of a single Denver Post photo. But if the folks at the firm thoug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    KOA Morning News to feature Fox News at top and bottom of hour to counter ratings dip

    ​These are not the best of times for KOA, at 850 AM. A trio of part-timers were let go earlier this year and the longtime powerhouse's ratings are off. So how does head of AM programming Greg Foster hope to boost the station in general, and the drive-time staple Colorado Morning News in partic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Righthaven copyright lawsuit threat leads Sean Harrington to unplug KnowYourCourts.com

    ​Copyright lawsuits filed by Nevada's Righthaven LLC on behalf of the Denver Post against chronically ill, autistic blogger Brian Hill and others have thrown a scare into plenty of local website operators. Like the man behind Rocky Mountain Right, Sean Harrington, overseer of KnowYourCourts.co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Rocky Mountain Right website goes on hiatus due to fear of being sued by Denver Post

    RMR logo.​Visitors to Rocky Mountain Right's website can usually find conservative news and commentary -- but not right now. The home page is currently emblazoned with the phrase "Access Denied." That's because site overseer Antony Surace has temporarily blocked users to the page due to concer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    David Sirota named justice on Matt Taibbi's Supreme Court of Assholedom: Congrats!

    David Sirota.​If syndicated columnist and AM 760 talk-show host David Sirota's parents ever hoped their son would one day become a member of the Supreme Court, their wish has (kinda) been granted. Today, Sirota is announcing that he has been named one of nine justices on the Supreme Court of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Tom Tancredo to start yakking on "Tea Party Radio"

    Tom Tancredo​The gin-soaked novelist who declared that there are no second acts in American lives never caught the many acts of Tom Tancredo -- former U.S. Representative, presidential hopeful, gubernatorial spoiler...and now late-night talk show host. Starting Monday at 10 p.m., the Tom Tanc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Matt Drudge latest target of a Denver Post-related copyright infringement lawsuit

    Matt Drudge.​The copyright-infringement warning the Denver Post published last month was followed by a lawsuit filed on behalf of the Post and its owner, MediaNews Group, by Las Vegas-based Righthaven LLC against a small South Carolina blogger. This action implied that the firm had targeted a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Photos: The Landmark Mayan Theatre's 80th Birthday

    Mayan employee, Alex, as a sassy Dorothy.​If you read our post yesterday, you know that the Mayan Theatre celebrated its 80th birthday last night with music, costumes and a showing of the Wizard of Oz. (Don't worry, there's still time to enter our Mayan memories contest and win free movie tick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    David Sirota: AM 760 host and columnist named one of 30 media heroes by The Nation

    David Sirota.​It's been a big month for AM 760 host David Sirota. First, his first child, Isaac, was born. Now, he's been named one of thirty "media heroes" by The Nation, placing 21st on a roster topped by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. And, as a bonus, he's also completed his latest book, Back to O ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2010

    Border line! Tom Tancredo and Gustavo Arellano of "Ask a Mexican!" will debate in Denver on immigration

    David Sirota.​It's been a big month for AM 760 host David Sirota. First, his first child, Isaac, was born. Now, he's been named one of thirty "media heroes" by The Nation, placing 21st on a roster topped by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. And, as a bonus, he's also completed his latest book, Back to O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Glenn Beck might move to Colorado if Tom Tancredo elected governor (VIDEO)

    Glenn Beck.​While Tom Tancredo's campaign thinks the Denver Post is trying to drag John Hickenlooper's carcass over the finish line in the guv race, Tanc has honor rally organizer Glenn Beck in his corner. On his radio show, Beck recently declared that if Tancredo was elected, he might move to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Reggie McDaniel, R.I.P.: "Everything reaches a culmination. Even Lazarus died"

    Reggie McDaniel.​Radio personality Reggie McDaniel, who died Friday at age sixty, divided audiences simply by being himself. Some listeners loved his "Everyday People's Entertainment Guide" because of the way it rejected critical pretension, while others saw him as a throwback to an earlier ge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    David Sirota on his upcoming slugfest with Michael Brown

    Put up your dukes.​AM 760 host David Sirota may seem like a mild-mannered fellow, but he's actually pretty damned combative -- verbally, anyhow. Last year, he and KOA conservative Mike Rosen staged a radio smackdown in relation to President Barack Obama's first hundred days in office -- a ses ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Dick Wadhams on health care: "America will be in great political turmoil after the passage of this bill -- and I think that's good"

    "No, I'm not being facetious."​The U.S. House's passage of a massive health-care bill President Barack Obama is planning to sign into law today is already having plenty of political impact locally, with the Gun Owners of America targeting Dem Betsy Markey, who voted for the measure (after voti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    John Denver, Bernie Madoff & Me rules New York

    ​John Denver once admitted that "Rocky Mountain High" was written under the influence of LSD and marijuana -- and now that his anthem is our state song, the Colorado legislature should write their medical marijuana legislation under the influence of John Denver. But drugs aren't the reason wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Scott McInnis: Is he more politically skillful than we thought?

    "Can't we all just get along?"​Political observers have spent a lot of time har-dee-har-ing at Scott McInnis over the years -- and indeed, he's made plenty of errors and gaffes during his time in the public eye. Note his prediction that fellow Republican Bob Schaffer would lose the 2008 Senat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Jon Caldara doesn't like being ignored, Mr. Ritter

    Jon Caldara makes his feelings known.​Late Thursday afternoon, the Independence Institute, a right-leaning think tank, published an article revealing that only one of Governor Bill Ritter's cabinet members had filed a conflict-of-interest report despite an executive order requiring that everyo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Jay Marvin talks about his health crisis

    Photo by Michael RobertsJay Marvin in his Denver home. AM 760 morning talk-show host Jay Marvin has spent the last several months fighting for his life. He's been in and out of the hospital for a variety of serious health concerns since early March, and aside from occasional updates provided by his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Mike Rosen, David Sirota debate Barack Obama's first 100 days in KOA/AM-760 simulcast

    David Sirota. As every political pundit acknowledges, assessing a new president after his first 100 days in office is artificial and unfair -- but if Barack Obama is embracing the notion (he's holding a primetime news conference tonight), what the hell? Hence, a plan for KOA conservative Mike Rosen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Bill Menezes on the closure of Colorado Media Matters

    Photo by Anthony CameraBill Menezes, in a 2006 photo. In "On Watch," a September 2006 Message column, former Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post journalist Bill Menezes explained his mission as head of Colorado Media Matters, the first state-based spin-off from Media Matters, a Washington, D.C. org ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2008

    Denver Post blogger John Andrews' "full disclosure"

    Photo by Anthony CameraBill Menezes, in a 2006 photo. In "On Watch," a September 2006 Message column, former Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post journalist Bill Menezes explained his mission as head of Colorado Media Matters, the first state-based spin-off from Media Matters, a Washington, D.C. org ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2008

    Reggie McDaniels mystery solved

    Photo by Anthony CameraBill Menezes, in a 2006 photo. In "On Watch," a September 2006 Message column, former Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post journalist Bill Menezes explained his mission as head of Colorado Media Matters, the first state-based spin-off from Media Matters, a Washington, D.C. org ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2008

    The Mysterious Departure of KOA's Reggie McDaniel

    Photo by Anthony CameraBill Menezes, in a 2006 photo. In "On Watch," a September 2006 Message column, former Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post journalist Bill Menezes explained his mission as head of Colorado Media Matters, the first state-based spin-off from Media Matters, a Washington, D.C. org ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    Bill Owens Dips Another Toe Into the Talk-Show Waters

    Photo by Anthony CameraBill Menezes, in a 2006 photo. In "On Watch," a September 2006 Message column, former Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post journalist Bill Menezes explained his mission as head of Colorado Media Matters, the first state-based spin-off from Media Matters, a Washington, D.C. org ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    Denver Radio Veteran Gus Mircos Dies

    Photo by Anthony CameraBill Menezes, in a 2006 photo. In "On Watch," a September 2006 Message column, former Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post journalist Bill Menezes explained his mission as head of Colorado Media Matters, the first state-based spin-off from Media Matters, a Washington, D.C. org ... More >>

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    Snow Blind

    Snow jobs were all over town last week.

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    Lamm Basted

    If Bill Owens were Asian, he'd act smarter.

  • News

    March 16, 2006

    X Marks the Spat

    Puttling Colorado on the map.

  • News

    December 16, 2004

    Off Limits

    The Santa Clause

  • News

    December 2, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of December 2, 2004

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of December 18, 2003

  • News

    September 11, 2003

    The Message

    Scout's Honor

  • News

    July 17, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of July 17, 2003

  • News

    July 3, 2003

    Independence Day

    The Independence Institute got a jolt from its Italian leaders.

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Kroenke Kulture

    Learning to love the Big Dance.

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    The Message

    The media's massive buildup to battle makes war seem almost anti-climactic.

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Con Air

    Mile High Telecom promised to be an alternative to Qwest, but the line is going dead.

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    Off Limits

    Think big

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of March 23

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    Off Limits

    From the week of March 23

  • News

    November 27, 1997

    Off Limits

    From the week of March 23

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    Off Limits

    From the week of March 23

  • News

    December 13, 1995

    LETTERS

    From the week of March 23

  • News

    February 8, 1995

    OFF LIMITS

    From the week of March 23

  • News

    January 18, 1995

    OFF LIMITS

    From the week of March 23

  • News

    October 5, 1994

    CHATTER MATTERS

    WESTMINSTER MACHINIST RON PARRISH MAKES NEWS OUT OF HIS TALK-RADIO OBSESSION.

  • News

    September 28, 1994

    OFF LIMITS

    WESTMINSTER MACHINIST RON PARRISH MAKES NEWS OUT OF HIS TALK-RADIO OBSESSION.

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