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Philip Anschutz

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Taxi's Kyle Zeppelin wants to put the historic Dotsero Bridge in Denver

    When the Colorado Department of Transportation put the historic Dotsero Bridge "up for adoption" in late April, the agency caught the attention of at least one person in Denver who just happens to be in the market for a cool bridge to span the South Platte River -- the subject of "Water World," this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Colorado Gives Day: Money keeps coming for twelve nonprofits that won $5,000 prizes

    Last month, we told you which of the 928 participating nonprofits raised the most money during Colorado Gives Day. This year, technical difficulties caused the 24-hour online charity blitz to be extended to 36 hours, during which folks donated a total of $12.4 million.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Mark Cuban: HDNet rebranding as AXS TV won't impact Denver operation

    What a difference a few years makes. In 2006, Mark Cuban, the billionaire behind HDNet, partly based in Denver, was touting the service's inking of past CBS anchor Dan Rather. Now, he's psyched about hooking up with American Idol host Ryan Seacrest and AEG Entertainment, owned by local moneybags Phi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Top 5 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition must-see stops in Colorado Springs

    ​Extreme Makeover: Home Edition moves to Fridays tonight, and makes a stop in Colorado. No, this isn't where the crew builds a house for a family enduring hardship -- that happens in Pennsylvania. Instead, while the crew is building their home, the family waits in Colorado.

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Andrew Romanoff spokesman calls Michael Bennet camp's ad complaints a "red herring"

    Andrew Romanoff.​Update below: At 11 a.m. today, Andrew Romanoff will be roaming the 16th Street Mall, shaking hands and explaining to pedestrians why it's important they vote for him in Tuesday's primary. And Romanoff spokesman Roy Teicher expresses confidence about victory even as he dismiss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Andrew Romanoff says he didn't pass Michael Bennet by going negative, calls ad factual

    Andrew Romanoff.​Reading the Denver Post has been a good news-bad news experience for Andrew Romanoff lately. On Sunday, the paper shared poll results showing Romanoff ahead of Senator Michael Bennet in the Democratic Senate primary race. But the paper's editorial board called an ad attacking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Rocky Mountain News archives at the Denver Public Library: You still can't see them -- and it'll be a while longer before you can

    A Flickr photoThis is the place to see lots of interesting stuff from the Rocky -- someday.​On Friday, we let you know that E.W. Scripps had finally sold the intellectual property of the shuttered Rocky Mountain News, although it's not revealing who bought it. Since then, there's been specula ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Stan Kroenke dubbed "Quietest Sports Emperor"

    Stan Kroenke's most embarrassing moment?​ What is it about Denver that makes its richest people want to keep their lips zipped? Phil Anschutz, the state's wealthiest person, refuses to grant interviews despite personally owning newspapers and online info properties, not to mention theaters an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: End of the line for the Ski Train

    ​My first view of Denver was from a train -- the Denver Zephyr, which a group of families had boarded in Chicago one afternoon in the mid-'60s. The kids had commandeered the dome car, where we slept on the floor under the seats, and as the sun rose, we got our first sight of the Rockies. My ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 24, 2009

    All Aboard!

    ​My first view of Denver was from a train -- the Denver Zephyr, which a group of families had boarded in Chicago one afternoon in the mid-'60s. The kids had commandeered the dome car, where we slept on the floor under the seats, and as the sun rose, we got our first sight of the Rockies. My ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Denver Blogs: Singing about Michelle Malkin, babelicious Tea Party hero

    Remember that photo of Michelle Malkin with Swastika Guy? We do.​Local blogs need you. Including these three. John Tomasic at Colorado Independent unearths a tribute ditty (to the tune of "My Girl"!) about female Tea Party leaders that includes a shout-out to Colorado-based Michelle Malkin. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Union Station shindig blows the roof off the depot

    The Denver Public Library Western History and Geneology's Digital Image Catalog.This was sort of what the party looked like... but with more color.​For a while last night during "A Night in Old Union Station," a swanky fundraising shindig that took over Denver's central depot, the grand old ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Michael Jackson's death helping Denver's economy, too

    Next stop, Jacko. Although Denver billionaire Phil Anschutz may not be adding to his bankroll as a result of Michael Jackson's death, folks associated with Denver International Airport stand to make a few extra bucks. A report posted on the U.K.-based Cheapflights website notes that so many Brits a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    How much will Michael Jackson's death cost Phil Anschutz?

    A lot of people stand to make a lot of money from Michael Jackson's death -- record labels, iTunes, memorabilia manufacturers and more. But don't count Phil Anschutz among their number. The Denver-based billionaire is among the sharpest businessmen ever to call Colorado home, yet he's all but guar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    Video: Goodbye, Ski Train! We'll think of you the day we finally punch Phil Anschutz

    Here's a video of the Ski Train leaving Denver for the last time on Friday, May 8. The description says this was "filmed at Utah Jct, moving onto the Belt Main," which is apparently near 56th and Pecos. The train had been making trips between Denver and Winter Park since 1940. The operation wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    How the troubles at the San Francisco Chronicle echo in Denver

    The San Francisco Chronicle, the largest daily newspaper in the Bay Area, is reportedly in such shabby fiscal shape that its owner, the Hearst Corp., says it may have to close the venerable pub within weeks if expenses can't be brought under control. In the event of such a shut-down, San Francisco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    UFO zealot thinks extraterrestrials can save the Rocky Mountain News

    Jeff Peckman (pictured) is best known as the man who fought to put a measure on the November ballot to create an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission in Denver. (Refresh your memory by reading Jason Sheehan's June profile of Peckman here.) In the end, this bold mission proved impossible. But Peckman ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Are the Denver dailies' 150th birthday sections keepers?

    An image from the Rocky Mountain News' online version of its Denver@150 section. Today, the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post feature special sections honoring Denver's 150th birthday -- and they're not merely clones of each other. Indeed, both have qualities that recommend them, with the ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    Tim Brown replaces KCUV with Jack-FM

    An image from the Rocky Mountain News' online version of its Denver@150 section. Today, the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post feature special sections honoring Denver's 150th birthday -- and they're not merely clones of each other. Indeed, both have qualities that recommend them, with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    RedBlueAmerica.com Lowered to Half Mast

    An image from the Rocky Mountain News' online version of its Denver@150 section. Today, the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post feature special sections honoring Denver's 150th birthday -- and they're not merely clones of each other. Indeed, both have qualities that recommend them, with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2008

    More Rocky Employees Head For the Exit

    An image from the Rocky Mountain News' online version of its Denver@150 section. Today, the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post feature special sections honoring Denver's 150th birthday -- and they're not merely clones of each other. Indeed, both have qualities that recommend them, with the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 8, 2007

    World of Wonder

    Toys are at the heart of a film festival screening.

  • Calendar

    July 19, 2007

    All-Stars at the Dick

    Toys are at the heart of a film festival screening.

  • News

    July 19, 2007

    Digitizing

    National CineMedia is the future of movie-theater advertising — and probably the future of movie theaters, period.

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    A Kick in the Dick

    Major League Soccer sucks -- even at the Rapids’ new stadium

  • Film

    February 22, 2007

    Amazing Grace

    Not even Michael Gambon’s eighteenth-century hat head can save a wretch like this.

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2006

    More Messages: Symbiosis

    Not even Michael Gambon’s eighteenth-century hat head can save a wretch like this.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2006

    Live Action

    Not even Michael Gambon’s eighteenth-century hat head can save a wretch like this.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2006

    Live Action

    Not even Michael Gambon’s eighteenth-century hat head can save a wretch like this.

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2006

    More Messages: How to Succeed in Business

    Not even Michael Gambon’s eighteenth-century hat head can save a wretch like this.

  • Film

    April 7, 2005

    Fortunate Son

    Sahara has no reason to exist -- until you see who made it.

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2004

    Snowbound

    Make tracks to Winter Park by train

  • Film

    June 17, 2004

    Feels Like Eighty Days

    Jackie Chan takes a long trip without going anyplace new.

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    The Message

    Early Shift

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    The Message

    Little Big Man

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Pop Quiz

    November 27, 2003
    Biggest Turkeys Ever!

  • People & Places

    March 27, 2003

    Best Consumer Watchdog With New Bite

    Jack Ehnes
    California State Teachers Retirement System

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Piracy, Hip-Hop Style

    Skyjack Radio briefly took over Denver radio -- and its pilots are eager to hit the airwaves again.

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    Wring Out the Old

    Since Qwest swallowed US West, employees and stockholders have been put on hold.

  • News

    May 9, 2002

    Off Limits

    Things to do in Denver when it's dead

  • News

    May 2, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of May 2, 2002

  • Film

    April 18, 2002

    Joshua Needs Saving

    Bringing the Savior to a small town doesn't guarantee salvation.

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    Farmer on the Dole

    Urban cowboys cash a surprising number of federal farm-subsidy checks.

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Out of the Blue

    Ride the light...ride the light...ride the light.

  • Calendar

    March 29, 2001

    Best Blockbuster Museum Exhibit

    Painters and the American West

  • News

    November 11, 1999

    Liars on the Line

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

  • News

    August 12, 1999

    Bells Are Ringing

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

  • News

    January 29, 1998

    Twenty Years of Denver

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

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    Off Limits

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

  • News

    February 23, 1994

    MALL ABOARD!

    STAID OLD UNION STATION FINDS ITSELF IN THE SWIRL OF LODO DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES.

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