Denver Post

• Denver Post

The Denver Post is a daily newspaper in Denver, Colorado, as well as a website. It had a print circulation of 57,265 as of June 2022. According to comScore, its website received approximately six million monthly unique visitors in 2016, resulting in more than 13 million page views. The Post was founded in 1983 by William Dean “Dinky” Singleton and Richard Scudder as the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc. Today, MediaNews is one of the nation’s largest newspaper chains, publishing 61 daily newspapers and over 120 non-daily publications across 13 states. On December 1, 1987, MediaNews purchased The Denver Post from the Times Mirror Co. In 1980, the Times Mirror purchased the paper from the heirs of founder Frederick Gilmer Bonfils. The Denver Post has been owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital since 2010 when it purchased its bankrupt parent company, MediaNews Group. In April 2018, the group “Together for Colorado Springs” announced that it was raising funds to purchase the Post from Alden Global Capital, stating that “Denver deserves a newspaper owner who supports its newsroom.” The Evening Post was founded in August 1892 by Grover Cleveland supporters with $50,000. It was a Democratic newspaper that was used to publicize political ideals and to keep Colorado Democrats from leaving the party. Cleveland was nominated for president because of his reputation for good governance. Cleveland and eastern Democrats, on the other hand, were opposed to the government purchasing of silver, Colorado’s most important product, which made Cleveland unpopular in the state. Following the collapse of silver prices in 1893, the country and Colorado entered a depression, and The Evening Post ceased publication in August of that year. In June 1894, a new group of owners with similar political ambitions raised $100,000 and resurrected the paper. On October 28, 1895, the Evening Post was purchased for $12,500 by Harry Heye Tammen, a former bartender, and owner of a curio and souvenir shop, and Frederick Gilmer Bonfils, a Kansas City real estate and lottery operator. Neither had any newspaper experience, but they were skilled at promotion and determining what people wanted to read. Through the use of sensationalism, editorialism, and “flamboyant circus journalism”, a new era began for the Post. Circulation grew and eventually passed the other three daily papers combined. On November 3, 1895, the paper’s name changed to Denver Evening Post. On January 1, 1901, the word “Evening” was dropped from the name and the paper became The Denver Post. Gene Fowler, Frances Belford Wayne, and “sob sister” Polly Pry were among the well-known Post reporters. Damon Runyon briefly worked for the Post from 1905 to 1906 before establishing himself as a writer in New York. After Tammen and Bonfils died in 1924 and 1933, respectively, Helen and May Bonfils, Bonfils’ daughters, became the Post’s primary owners. Palmer Hoyt was hired away from the Portland Oregonian in 1946 to become the Post’s editor and publisher and to steer the paper in a new direction. Under Hoyt’s leadership, the news was reported fairly and accurately. He removed editorial commentary from the stories and placed it on an editorial page. He called the page The Open Forum, and it is still active today. Samuel I. Newhouse, a publishing magnate, attempted to take over the company in 1960. Helen Bonfils enlisted the help of her lawyer friend Donald Seawell to save the paper. As Post management struggled to maintain local ownership, a series of lawsuits were filed. It lasted 13 years and financially depleted the paper. Seawell was named president and chairman of the board after Helen Bonfils died in 1972. He was also the executive director of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA). The Frederick G. and Helen G. Bonfils foundations established and funded the Center, with assistance from city funds. The majority of the foundation’s assets were derived from Post stock dividends. The paper was losing money by 1980. Seawell was accused by critics of being preoccupied with expanding the DCPA. Seawell sold the Post for $95 million to the Times Mirror Co. of California. The proceeds were donated to the Bonfils Foundation, ensuring the DCPA’s financial future. Morning publication and delivery of the Times Mirror began. Although circulation increased, the paper did not perform as well as expected. In 1987, the Times Mirror sold The Denver Post to Dean Singleton and MediaNews Group. In January 2001, MediaNews and E.W. Scripps, the parent company of the now-defunct Rocky Mountain News, formed the Denver Newspaper Agency by entering into a joint operating agreement (JOA), combining the former rivals’ business operations. The two newspapers’ newsrooms agreed to publish separate morning editions Monday through Friday, with the Post using a broadsheet format and the News using a tabloid format. On Saturday, they published a joint broadsheet newspaper produced by the News staff, and on Sunday, they published a broadsheet produced by the Post staff. Both weekend papers carried editorial pages from both newspapers. The Rocky Mountain News published its final issue on February 27, 2009, which marked the end of the JOA. The Post published its first Saturday issue since 2001 the following day. The Post launched a staff expansion program in 2001, but declining advertising revenue resulted in layoffs, early retirement packages, voluntary separation buyouts, and attrition in the newsroom in 2006 and 2007. In June 2016, the most recent round of announced buyouts occurred. The Denver Post launched the cannabis-related online media brand The Cannabist in 2013, just before legalization in Colorado. The online publication, founded by editor-in-chief Ricardo Baca, has grown in popularity, surpassing industry veteran High Times in September 2016. Digital and print subscriptions are available. Print subscriptions start at $13 per month and digital subscriptions start at $14.99 per month. Pricing depends on the location and package chosen.

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