{{Short description|American publishing company}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = Prairie Mountain Media | logo = | type = | foundation = 2006 | location = [[Boulder, Colorado]], [[United States|USA]] | key_people = Al Manzi | industry = [[Newspaper|News Publication]]<br>Interactive Media | products = | revenue = [[United States dollar|USD]] (2007) | operating_income = | owner = [[Digital First Media]] | net_income = | num_employees = | caption = | homepage = {{URL|prairiemountainmedia.com}} }} '''Prairie Mountain Media''' is an American publishing company owned by [[Digital First Media]]. It owns a series of newspapers most notably ''[[The Denver Post]]''. Digital First Media is owned by [[Alden Global Capital]] which has sharply cut costs by reducing the number of journalists working on many of its newspapers.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bauerlein |first=Monika |author-link=Monika Bauerlein |date=May 15, 2020 |title="News is just like waste management." |url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/05/news-is-just-like-waste-management/ |access-date=August 21, 2023 |magazine=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Folkenflik |first1=David |author-link1=David Folkenflik |title='Vulture' Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers |language=en-US |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/998730863/vulture-fund-alden-global-known-for-slashing-newsrooms-buys-tribune-papers |date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=August 21, 2023}}</ref>
== History == In 2006, [[E. W. Scripps Company]] and [[MediaNews Group, Inc.]] formed a partnership to operate both of the companies' newspapers based in Eastern Colorado. Each company would control a 50% stake in newly created Colorado Publishing Co.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2006 |title=Scripps & MediaNews Group Inc Will Operate Their Eastern Colorado Newspapers Jointly As The Colorado Publishing Company |url=https://scripps.com/press-releases/518-scripps-medianews-group-establish-new-partnership-in-eastern-colorado/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Scripps |language=en}}</ref>
In 2009, MediaNews Group gained full ownership of the company, which at some point was renamed to Prairie Mountain Media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raabe |first=Steve |date=2009-08-27 |title=Post's owner, Scripps end deal |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2009/08/27/posts-owner-scripps-end-deal/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref>
The company acquired Lehman Communications in 2011<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2011/07/29/lehman-comm-sold-to-prairie-mountain-publishing/ |newspaper=[[Cañon City Daily Record]] |title=Lehman Comm. Sold to Prairie Mountain Publishing |access-date=April 9, 2017 |date=July 29, 2011 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705151839/https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2011/07/29/lehman-comm-sold-to-prairie-mountain-publishing/ |archive-date=July 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Alicia |last=Wallace |url=https://www.dailycamera.com/2011/01/21/boulder-camera-owner-acquires-lehman-communications-longmont-times-call/ |title=Boulder Camera owner acquires Lehman Communications, Longmont Times-Call |newspaper=[[Daily Camera]] |location=[[Boulder, Colorado]] |date=January 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2011/07/29/lehman-sale-to-medianews-subsidiary-finalized/ |newspaper=Cañon City Daily Record |title=Lehman sale to MediaNews subsidiary finalized |access-date=March 5, 2011 |date=July 29, 2011 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705151730/https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2011/07/29/lehman-sale-to-medianews-subsidiary-finalized/ |archive-date=July 5, 2024}}</ref> and the ''Greeley Tribune'' from [[Swift Communications]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.postindependent.com/news/swift-communications-sells-greeley-tribune-to-newspaper-operator-medianews-group/ |title=Swift Communications sells Greeley Tribune to newspaper operator MediaNews Group |last=Agnew |first=Kelly Geary |newspaper=[[Glenwood Springs Post Independent|Post Independent]] |location=[[Glenwood Springs, Colorado]] |language=en-US |access-date=February 25, 2020 |date=February 25, 2020}}</ref>
In June 2024, the company announced it will shutter its printing plant in [[Berthoud, Colorado|Berthoud]] and move production of its papers to ''The Denver Post''{{'s}} production facility. As a result, 40 employees will be let go.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 27, 2024 |title=Prairie Mountain Media will close Berthoud printing plant |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2024/06/27/berthoud-printing-plant-closed/ |access-date=June 27, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Denver Post]] |language=en-US |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627145819/https://www.denverpost.com/2024/06/27/berthoud-printing-plant-closed/ |archive-date=June 27, 2024}}</ref>
==Prairie Mountain Media newspapers== The company owns the following newspapers in Colorado:
* ''[[Akron News-Reporter]]'' ([[Akron, Colorado]]) * ''[[Broomfield Enterprise]]'' ([[Broomfield, Colorado]]) * ''[[Brush News-Tribune]]'' ([[Brush, Colorado]]) * ''[[Burlington Record]]'' ([[Burlington, Colorado]]) * ''[[Cañon City Daily Record]]'' ([[Cañon City, Colorado]]) * ''[[Colorado Daily]]'' ([[Boulder, Colorado]]) * ''Colorado Hometown Weekly'' (Erie/Lafayette/Louisville/Superior, Colorado) * ''[[Daily Camera]]'' ([[Boulder, Colorado]]) * ''[[Denver Post]]'' ([[Denver, Colorado]]) * ''[[Estes Park Trail-Gazette]]'' ([[Estes Park, Colorado]]) * ''[[Fort Morgan Times|The Fort Morgan Times]]'' ([[Fort Morgan, Colorado]]) * ''Greeley Tribune'' ([[Greeley, Colorado]]) * ''[[Journal-Advocate]]'' ([[Sterling, Colorado]]) * ''[[Julesburg Advocate]]'' ([[Julesburg, Colorado]]) * ''[[Lamar Ledger]]'' ([[Lamar, Colorado]]) * ''[[Longmont Times-Call]]'' ([[Longmont, Colorado]]) * ''[[Loveland Reporter-Herald]]'' ([[Loveland, Colorado]]) * ''[[South Platte Sentinel]]'' ([[Logan County, Colorado]])
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://archive.today/20130202080811/http://www.scripps.com/press/details?id=825 Scripps, MediaNews Group establish new partnership in Eastern Colorado] - source Scripps Press Release Friday, February 2, 2006 * [https://archive.today/20130201120301/http://m.rockymountainnews.com/news/2006/feb/03/scripps-medianews-form-new-partnership/ Scripps, MediaNews form new partnership] - source
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