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Denver Post showing liberal slant by calling Mark Udall "privacy watchdog"?

Denver blog posts have had a helluva day. Colorado Peak Politics goes after a Denver Post article in which Senator Mark Udall is referred to as a "privacy watchdog." Denver Egotist on kicking balls and taking names -- at an upcoming kickball tournament. Free Range Longmont's Ann Kibbey asks: Why ... More >>

Cory Gardner, fellow Colorado Republican reps: Immigration obstructionists?

Denver blog posts: Toast of the town. Big Media's Jason Salzman thinks the Denver Post's criticism of Republican immigration proposals should have name-checked locals like Cory Gardner. Colorado Peak Politics notes calls for Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's program from the left as well as the rig ... More >>

Denver Post ex-columnist Chuck Murphy leaving paper for job with nonprofit

Another high-profile staffer is leaving the Denver Post: On November 10, Chuck Murphy, who served briefly as a metro columnist for the paper before taking on a different position amid a series of cost-cutting moves, is leaving the paper to work for an unnamed nonprofit. But Murphy maintains that hi ... More >>

Barack Obama losing his lead among Colorado women?

Denver blog posts understand how you feel. Colorado Pols sites a post-debate poll showing Mitt Romney leading Barack Obama among women voters in Colorado, 51-45 percent. South Stands Denver's Colin D. on Lindsay Jones leaving the Denver Post for USA Today and ESPN Radio 102.3's Jo Jo Turnbeaugh go ... More >>

Denver Post goes all-union but main pension plan to be frozen in "not a good" contract

The Denver Newspaper Guild has ratified a contract covering newsroom employees at the Denver Post, and as part of the deal, the broadsheet will become a closed shop, with all workers required to join the union. Yet DNG administrative officer Tony Mulligan isn't exactly celebrating, since the deal al ... More >>

NBC Olympics: Numerous Bozos in Charge

Denver blog posts can gain admittance just about anywhere. Denver PR Blog shares former Denver Post cartoonist Drew Litton's take on the NBC Olympics: Numerous Bozos in Charge. Mile High Report fan poster Andrew Mason thinks backup QB Caleb Hanie isn't going to make the Broncos' final roster unles ... More >>

Ed Quillen, R.I.P.: Heart attack stills longtime Denver Post contributor

For more than a quarter century, Salida's Ed Quillen has regularly contributed to the editorial pages of the Denver Post, sharing his notably progressive thoughts on issues of the day in a way that raised readers' cheers and hackles, depending upon their personal ideological slant. But no more: Curt ... More >>

Peyton Manning throws the ball to Broncos receivers -- in public!

Denver blog posts work hard to satisfy your every desire. Mile High Report's John Bena on the media scrum on hand to witness Peyton Manning's first public practice as a Bronco. Big Media's Jason Salzman searches for liberal media bias in Denver Post head honcho Dean Singleton's introduction of Bar ... More >>

Penny Parker's Evening of Decadent Delights is tonight

Penny Parker may have lost her job at the Denver Post, but she hasn't lost her interest in Sense of Security, a charity that helps breast-cancer patients. Her third annual Evening of Decadent Delights -- a benefit for the charity -- will be at Coohills, 1400 Wewatta Street, tonight. Dinner will also ... More >>

Reader: Doonesbury abortion comics should be available in Denver Post

This past weekend, the Denver Post reported about controversy over abortion items in the Doonesbury comic strip. The piece noted that the Post doesn't publish Doonesbury; it stopped doing so this past June. The decision retroactively frustrated one reader, who shared a slew of passionate notes on ou ... More >>

Jerry Grilly to retire as president and CEO of the Denver Post

Jerry Grilly, the president and CEO of the Denver Post, is retiring -- and not for the first time. Grilly had been lured back to the Post three years ago, shortly after the closure of the Rocky Mountain News, which ended the joint operating agreement that yoked the two papers. It's a different worl ... More >>

Denver Players prostitution ring: Denver Police release client records in heavily censored form

​In June, political observers wondered if Mayor Michael Hancock would be damaged by alleged links to the Denver Players prostitution ring. But the story petered out, and Denver Police's release of client lists and more, on view below, is unlikely to revive it, for reasons that frustrate Comple ... More >>

Woody Paige named 35th biggest creep in sports by Bleacher Report

Big pic below.​Bleacher Report recently assembled its list of the 50 biggest creeps in sports, featuring the likes of Brett Favre and Ben Roethlisberger prior to the top dog, former Baylor coach Dave Bliss. And repping Colorado? Not just ex-Bronco Travis Henry and Kobe Bryant, for that little ... More >>

Wisconsin union battles coming to Colorado?

​Today's Denver blog roundup... State Bill Colorado says SEIU hopes to bring Wisconsin union fight to Colorado's gold dome. Denver Daily News follows up on bloggers hit with Denver Post copyright lawsuit via "bottom-feeding legal outfit" Righthaven, with one site operator vowing to file coun ... More >>

Ronald Barry ID'd as man who died at Alicia, The Boutique -- but why commit suicide there?

​Update: Thanks to the Denver coroner's office, we now know the name of the man who killed himself in Cherry Creek North's Alicia, The Boutique on Monday: Ronald Barry, 63. But while clues are surfacing about why he might have committed this desperate act, we're no closer to understanding his ... More >>

Denver Post publishes first-ever ad on editorial pages -- because agency asks

SE2's logo.​In these days of declining print revenue, newspapers are more willing than ever to print advertisements where none have gone before. Case in point: Yesterday, the first-ever ad appeared on the Denver Post's editorial pages -- an accomplishment SE2, the agency that packaged it, comp ... More >>

Chris "Birdman" Andersen finally ready to fly again in time for Nuggets-Golden State game?

Birdman.​Welcome, my friends, to today's Denver blog post roundup. In his preview of tonight's Denver Nuggets-Golden State Warrior matchup, Denver Stiffs' Nate Timmons holds out hope that Chris "Birdman" Andersen may at last be ready for his return. And just in time. Colorado Education News' ... More >>

Michael Bennet welcoming Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama -- and President Barack Obama, too?

Michael Bennet and Ken Buck at 9News debate.​Last night, Senator Michael Bennet and Republican challenger Ken Buck engaged in their most high-profile debate yet -- and shockingly enough, Bennet spokesman Trevor Kincaid believes his guy handily won the 9News-sponsored event on view below. Kinc ... More >>

Readers praise Westword's coverage of school-board member Andrea Merida

Scott McInnis, Rolly Fischer and the more dubious part of the Denver Post scoop

Rolly Fischer on Channel 7.​For the past three days, the Denver Post has run big stories about guv wannabe Scott McInnis. Day one's offering, about apparent McInnis plagiarism in lousy water articles, was a slam dunk -- and likely dooms his campaign, with even the likes of Dan Caplis turning a ... More >>

Race to the Top: Union opts out of Phase 2 in beef with education commissioner Dwight Jones

Education commissioner Dwight Jones's op-ed got poor grades from the CEA.​Update, 1:30 p.m., April 15: This blog, originally published yesterday afternoon, has been updated to reflect the comments of Education Commissioner Dwight Jones. A union that represents 40,000 teachers in Colorado is a ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Are the Broncos already preparing for life without Brandon Marshall?

"How can you miss me when I'm still here?"​Local blogging that will open your eyes. Mile High Report's John Bena shares Mel Kiper's prediction about the Broncos' first-round draft pick this year: Dez Bryant, a big-play receiver from Oklahoma State -- presumably a replacement for Brandon Marsh ... More >>

In case of apocolypse, arm yourself at the nearest university police department

Who knew? Several Colorado universities feature gun-storage lockers for students who want to bare arms but can't keep their arsenal on their hip or in their dorm room. From today's Denver Post: On any given day, there may be up to 50 rifles with scopes, shotguns, handguns and long knives stored a ... More >>

Black Friday means something else for reporters

​When the sun rose this morning at 6:58 a.m., it shed its light on one of the weirdest American traditions around: millions of people scrambling for discount deals at big box stores. In Denver, this eerie sight was visible from Target and Best Buy to Bass Pro, Kohl's and Kmart. And while Blac ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Maybe the Nuggets don't need a heart transplant after all

"This game's a lot easier to watch than the last one."​Finding good Denver blogs made easy. Jeremy at Roundball Mining Company worried about the Nuggets' lack of heart in a dispiriting loss to (eesh!) the Clippers. But their win against the Bulls proves they've still got the beat. Ken at Den ... More >>

Who is the city laying off to balance its budget?

​Today marks the last day of work for 176 city employees who were laid off in order to help close a $160 million gap in Denver's budget. (Read this Denver Post story by reporter Christopher Osher for more.) Most of the layoffs -- the equivalent of 108.5 positions -- occurred in two city depa ... More >>

Betcha Jim Spencer loved making this call to the Post

"And here's another mistake you guys made..."​Back in 2007, the Denver Post's Jim Spencer was downsized right out of his plum metro-columnist's gig -- and months after landing a job as the communication director for the University of Colorado Denver's School of Medicine, he was still publicly ... More >>

DenverSportsRadio.com is done

​ DenverSportsRadio.com, an ambitious attempt to create an online sports-talk-radio station that launched in April, has gone the way of all too many online projects -- into the trash bin of Internet history. A knowledgeable source says owner Dave Kaiser sent out an e-mail during the wee hours ... More >>

Ten audacious Denver lofts I would totally rent if I were a drug dealer

​... Or a personal-injury lawyer, or a stripper, or the doer of some other job that paid me lots of money and required me to live in an audacious downtown loft. The point is, there are lots of vacant apartments around town, according to a story this week in the Denver Post, and I want to live ... More >>

A bucket of fun at Oceanaire Friday

​The Denver Post has a story today about how to have a clambake in your back yard. Even easier: head to Oceanaire, in downtown's back yard at 1400 Arapahoe Street, on Friday, August 14, when the restaurant will host "A Taste of Nantucket -- in a Bucket!" The traditional New England lobster a ... More >>

The Denver Post's quarter-life crisis

A Flickr photo A small item in the Business section of today's Denver Post announces that the paper is raising the price of single copies for sale at stores and newsstands from 50 cents to 75 cents beginning on Monday -- a decision as startling as the revelation that water is wet, wingless birds ha ... More >>

Denver Blogs: The start of a very long season is almost here

Our cruise through the blogosphere. Send links. Broncos release training camp schedule. Watch them when they can't lose! (Mile High Report) The Denver Post, 1926, under the hardwood floors. (Buck Fifty) Afghanistan: a forgotten war in pictures. (Captured)

Auto-industry downturn even hitting car thieves

A Flickr photo During difficult economic conditions, crime usually goes up -- but not last year. Yesterday, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation released stats showing a 6.1 percent decrease of major crimes from 2007 to 2008, led by a 22 percent decline in car thefts. Denver Police Department spoke ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Get in line

Get in line, suckers. Clear, the private program that let pre-registered (and pre-paid, at $199 a year) customers use special fast lanes to get through airport security once their iris scans were on file, has closed down, its parent company "unable to negotiate an agreement with its senior credit ... More >>

Denver Post drunk-driving report another reason why newspapers matter

An image by photographer Andy Cross from the drunk-driving feature in Sunday's Denver Post. "DUI Arrest Stats Staggering," from Sunday's Denver Post, more than lives up to the assertion in its headline. The package smacks readers in the face from its first sentence: "Each year, roughly 10,000 drunk ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Is seven Clint Hurdle's lucky number?

He's got a few more Hurdles to clear... Insert good blogs into this slot. Clint Hurdle has been skipper of the Rockies for seven years. Anyone else got the seven-year itch? (Inside the Rockies) Lots of companies are looking for communications specialists. But with so many journalists losing jobs, ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, April 17 edition

The MC5. Slush, little baby, don't you cry. Today in Backbeat Online: • Record Store Day preview: The MC5 will be kicking out the jams tomorrow. • Beyond Playlist: Dish -- Ma Raison de Vivre Ton Amour. • Brandi Carlile drops in on Gregory Alan Isakov at the Meadowlark. • Tim Pourbaix is Br ... More >>

Denver Post wins two National Headliners awards

A page from the Denver Post's award-winning online photo gallery. Congrats to the online staff at the Denver Post for twice being recognized at last week's National Headliners awards, sponsored by the Press Club of Atlantic City. The Post won top honors for its daily web slideshow, as well as third ... More >>

Denver Post tries to squelch shut-down rumors in memo that says the Rocky would close first

The Denver Post's error bonanza

Documents Outline DA Mitch Morrissey’s Complaints Against Denver Post Pulitzer Candidate

The Message

Saint John

Internet Interruption

Web-radio legislation gets tangled in politics.

Moore Than Before

The Denver Post's new editor wants to help the paper realize its potential.

Best New Feature in a Denver Daily

"Talk Back to the Media"

Best Insult of the Denver Post in the Rocky Mountain News

Written by Lynn Bartels

Best Development to Come Out of the News-Post Joint Operating Agreement

Comics

I Am Curious, Yellow Journalism

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