In 2018, ten former employees of The Denver Post started The Colorado Sun in response to multiple layoffs after the Post's acquisition by the private equity firm Alden Global Capital.
Initially started with a combination of financial and technical support from Civil, a blockchain platform for news organization and from a Kickstarter campaign, The Sun was able to hire the staff and build the business disrupt the news ecosystem of this major market.
Today the Sun remains journalist-owned and is growing audience relying on member support and sponsorships in order to pay the bills. And now, thanks to help from The National Trust for Local News the Sun has purchased Colorado Community Media, which has 24 weekly and monthly newspapers serving eight counties including and surrounding Denver.
In this segment of “E&P Reports” E&P Publisher Mike Blinder chats with Larry Ryckman Editor at the Sun, along Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro Co-Founder at The National Trust for Local News and Senior Research Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism on how and how the forming of public benefit corporations could be the next news model to help keep legacy newspaper brands alive.
Related links
Colorado Sun Website: https://coloradosun.com
Old Town Media Website: http://oldtownmedia.nyc
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178 Small-town citizens share support for the saving of their newspaper.
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176 Ryan Dohrn on selling in a post-covid marketplace and why he is “all in” on Niche Media
175 Medford, Oregon: As one paper dies, another begins all in a few weeks.
174 Meet the Pulitzer Prize ADN journalist who helped inspire ABC's "Alaska Daily."
173 University of Oregon journalism chair asks Gannet to donate The Eugene Register-Guard to the school.
172 Steve Waldman’s Rebuild Local News Coalition — aggregating industry advocacy
171 The Bucks County Herald: A story of survival, moving from family to foundation-owned
170 Ken Doctor pulls no punches on why the JCPA was a bad idea & updates us on two years at Lookout Local.
169 The JCPA. What the heck happened, and what's next?
168 Emmy award-winning broadcaster born without legs is helping others with disabilities find media careers. Meet Dave Stevens.
167 Journalism Trust Initiative. Elevating journalistic integrity
166 This year’s “best-ofs” from E&P columnist/ contributor Rob Tornoe
165 The best of 2022 E&P's "The Corner Office," from consultant/ columnist Doug Phares
164 A frank one-on-one with the LMA's Nancy Lane
163 ProPublica founder Dick Tofel speaks on funding/ philanthropy flaws and more
162 Against big tech comp, paywalls & more. 1-on-1 with Jeff Jarvis
161 One-on-one with Community Impact’s John Garrett
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