Who’da thunk that liberal Democratic congressman-elect Jared Polis could make conservative Rocky Mountain News editorial-page editor Vince Carroll gush as he does in today’s column “Polis Off to Great Start”? Apparently only Carroll himself, who writes, “More than a year ago, I suggested that Polis would prove to be a…
In case you missed it, The Daily Show took on the print-journalism crisis the other night, with host Jon Stewart kicking off this particular “Depressing News Riddle” segment with the question, “What’s black and white and completely over?” Yep, the answer was “newspapers,” and the Rocky Mountain News was referenced,…
“Going Up,” a sidebar to our main feature article about the for-sale sign hanging on the Rocky Mountain News, spotlighted five Rocky notables who the Denver Post should hire in the event of the tabloid’s closure if it wants to lure its old rival’s subscribers. But the roster is hardly…
Don’t let the headline mislead you. The two-part Youtube vid “The Mysteries of the Denver Airport” still contains the blatant factual inaccuracies and staggering leaps of logic that bedevil all the theories on the internet that seek to link the Denver International Airport to a massive international conspiracy involving the…
Here’s how the state of Colorado defines the act of criminal libel: “A person who shall knowingly publish or disseminate, either by written instrument, sign, pictures or the like, any statement or object tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or to impeach the honesty, integrity, virtue,…
Denver’s iconic Big Blue Bear— officially called “I See What You Mean” — got some big exposure last Friday when Visit Denver staffer Tyler Wilcox donned a blue bear costume for an appearance on Good Morning America, touting this town’s holiday window on Times Square. So what was it like…
“About Time,” Patricia Calhoun, December 4 The Rest Is History After reading “About Time,” I drove by those buildings on the old University of Colorado Health Sciences campus and looked at them with a fresh eye. I completely agree with the Landmark Preservation Commission’s recommendation. I hope Denver City Council…
Employees of the Rocky Mountain News work on the fifth floor of the Denver Newspaper Agency building, one level beneath their peers at the Denver Post — and if the Rocky folds, some of them may be pushing a different elevator button shortly thereafter. The theory is that the Post…
The 2001 joint operating agreement between the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post adds an element of mystery to the probable disappearance of the Rocky early next year. It’s an extraordinarily complex collection of legalese that neither MediaNews Group head and Post publisher Dean Singleton nor Rocky editor/publisher/president John…
The Rocky Mountain News began marking its sesquicentennial months before the actual date — April 23, 2009 — with the launch of a planned 150-part series spotlighting its coverage of notable historic events that took place during its life span. But the paper has also been embracing new technology even…
It’s beginning to feel a lot like blog roundup time. Today in Backbeat Online: • Twelve things every Wu-Tang Clan fan should own. • Mile High Makeout: Dreaming of me. • An extremely entertaining Q&A with Ryan Hendrix of Colourmusic. • Rap Up: Whygee and Sunken State unite for a…
Here’s what happening on the local Interwebs today. Let us know what we missed.The NBA season is 25 percent over. Almost time to start paying attention! (Nugg Doctor)Aurora passes totally gay-friendly legislation. Aurora totally pusses out. (Colorado Independent)Broncos fans seem to think the Broncos will win in Carolina on Sunday…
Most pet lovers have heard of the bestselling novel by journalist John Grogan, Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog. Hollywood couldn’t wait to get its hands on the story: A mere three years after the book was published, 20th Century Fox is releasing the film…
The opening section of Westword’s main article about the plight of the Rocky Mountain News, mentions a video of the announcement in the tabloid’s newsroom featuring E.W. Scripps CEO Rich Boehne and John Temple, the Rocky’s editor, publisher and president. Click above to witness this painful yet inevitable moment for…
One of the most intriguing questions about the possible closure of the Rocky Mountain News — the subject of December 11 feature article supplemented by sidebars about Rocky scribes the Denver Post should covet and the joint-operating agreement that connects the Denver dailies — involves the impact of the joint-operating…
As is the case with all articles, plenty of interesting stuff gathered for Westword’s December 11 feature about the dire circumstances facing the Rocky Mountain News and sidebars focusing on Rocky writers who the Denver Post should try to hire and the joint-operating agreement between the Rocky and the Post…
A feature article about the difficulties facing the up-for-sale Rocky Mountain News plus a sidebar about Rocky journalists who could land at the Denver Post and a piece about the Rocky-Post joint operating agreement appear in the December 11 Westword. As a bonus, we’re also offering a series of outtakes…
The current Westword includes a feature article about the Rocky Mountain News, which was recently put up for sale, as well as a sidebar about the marquee Rocky talent most likely to leap to the Denver Post in the event of a closure and a look into the mysteries of…
Got an e-mail yesterday from Westword contributor Teague Bohlen, who noticed something I hadn’t about the December 4 Rocky Mountain News — the edition that contained the paper’s initial print coverage about the decision by its parent company, E.W. Scripps, to put it up for sale. On page two, to…
The December 1 blog “Boulder’s Milk Boycott Missing One Thing: Milk” tells of a protest against the Cinemark movie-theater chain, whose head man, Alan Stock, donated $9,999 to the California campaign to outlaw gay marriage. Locals activists inspired by a campaign headquartered on the web at NoMILKforCinemark.com are expressing their…
Late last night or early this morning, someone affixed this giant sticker (it’s a couple of feet in diameter) to the north side of Westword’s Broadway office building. Presumably, it’s meant to suggest that we haven’t written enough about “Malnourishment,” “Corruption,” “Scarcity of Resources,” “Poverty,” “Economy” or “Deforesting.” With luck,…
Jay Marvin was once the fieriest of radio talk-show hosts, as is made clear in our 1998 feature article, “Double Trouble.” By the time of a 2007 Message column, “Progress?,” which profiled him in the context of his current station, AM 760, he’d mellowed considerably. But the combative Marvin resurfaces…
