# Prairie Mountain Media > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Prairie_Mountain_Media > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Prairie_Mountain_Media.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Mountain_Media > Source revision: 1306266878 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American publishing company Prairie Mountain Media Industry News Publication Interactive Media Key people Al Manzi Revenue USD (2007) Owner Digital First Media Website www.prairiemountainmedia.com **Prairie Mountain Media** is an American publishing company owned by [Digital First Media](/source/Digital_First_Media). It owns a series of newspapers most notably *[The Denver Post](/source/The_Denver_Post)*. Digital First Media is owned by [Alden Global Capital](/source/Alden_Global_Capital) which has sharply cut costs by reducing the number of journalists working on many of its newspapers.[1][2] ## History In 2006, [E. W. Scripps Company](/source/E._W._Scripps_Company) and [MediaNews Group, Inc.](/source/MediaNews_Group%2C_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.[3] In 2009, MediaNews Group gained full ownership of the company, which at some point was renamed to Prairie Mountain Media.[4] The company acquired Lehman Communications in 2011[5][6][7] and the *Greeley Tribune* from [Swift Communications](/source/Swift_Communications) in 2020.[8] In June 2024, the company announced it will shutter its printing plant in [Berthoud](/source/Berthoud%2C_Colorado) and move production of its papers to *The Denver Post*'s production facility. As a result, 40 employees will be let go.[9] ## Prairie Mountain Media newspapers The company owns the following newspapers in Colorado: - *[Akron News-Reporter](/source/Akron_News-Reporter)* ([Akron, Colorado](/source/Akron%2C_Colorado)) - *[Broomfield Enterprise](/source/Broomfield_Enterprise)* ([Broomfield, Colorado](/source/Broomfield%2C_Colorado)) - *[Brush News-Tribune](/source/Brush_News-Tribune)* ([Brush, Colorado](/source/Brush%2C_Colorado)) - *[Burlington Record](/source/Burlington_Record)* ([Burlington, Colorado](/source/Burlington%2C_Colorado)) - *[Cañon City Daily Record](/source/Ca%C3%B1on_City_Daily_Record)* ([Cañon City, Colorado](/source/Ca%C3%B1on_City%2C_Colorado)) - *[Colorado Daily](/source/Colorado_Daily)* ([Boulder, Colorado](/source/Boulder%2C_Colorado)) - *Colorado Hometown Weekly* (Erie/Lafayette/Louisville/Superior, Colorado) - *[Daily Camera](/source/Daily_Camera)* ([Boulder, Colorado](/source/Boulder%2C_Colorado)) - *[Denver Post](/source/Denver_Post)* ([Denver, Colorado](/source/Denver%2C_Colorado)) - *[Estes Park Trail-Gazette](/source/Estes_Park_Trail-Gazette)* ([Estes Park, Colorado](/source/Estes_Park%2C_Colorado)) - *[The Fort Morgan Times](/source/Fort_Morgan_Times)* ([Fort Morgan, Colorado](/source/Fort_Morgan%2C_Colorado)) - *Greeley Tribune* ([Greeley, Colorado](/source/Greeley%2C_Colorado)) - *[Journal-Advocate](/source/Journal-Advocate)* ([Sterling, Colorado](/source/Sterling%2C_Colorado)) - *[Julesburg Advocate](/source/Julesburg_Advocate)* ([Julesburg, Colorado](/source/Julesburg%2C_Colorado)) - *[Lamar Ledger](/source/Lamar_Ledger)* ([Lamar, Colorado](/source/Lamar%2C_Colorado)) - *[Longmont Times-Call](/source/Longmont_Times-Call)* ([Longmont, Colorado](/source/Longmont%2C_Colorado)) - *[Loveland Reporter-Herald](/source/Loveland_Reporter-Herald)* ([Loveland, Colorado](/source/Loveland%2C_Colorado)) - *[South Platte Sentinel](/source/South_Platte_Sentinel)* ([Logan County, Colorado](/source/Logan_County%2C_Colorado)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Bauerlein, Monika](/source/Monika_Bauerlein) (May 15, 2020). [""News is just like waste management.""](https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/05/news-is-just-like-waste-management/). *[Mother Jones](/source/Mother_Jones_(magazine))*. Retrieved August 21, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Folkenflik, David](/source/David_Folkenflik) (May 21, 2021). ["'Vulture' Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers"](https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/998730863/vulture-fund-alden-global-known-for-slashing-newsrooms-buys-tribune-papers). *[NPR](/source/NPR)*. Retrieved August 21, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Scripps & MediaNews Group Inc Will Operate Their Eastern Colorado Newspapers Jointly As The Colorado Publishing Company"](https://scripps.com/press-releases/518-scripps-medianews-group-establish-new-partnership-in-eastern-colorado/). *Scripps*. February 2, 2006. Retrieved July 22, 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Raabe, Steve (August 27, 2009). ["Post's owner, Scripps end deal"](https://www.denverpost.com/2009/08/27/posts-owner-scripps-end-deal/). *The Denver Post*. Retrieved July 22, 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Lehman Comm. Sold to Prairie Mountain Publishing"](https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2011/07/29/lehman-comm-sold-to-prairie-mountain-publishing/). *[Cañon City Daily Record](/source/Ca%C3%B1on_City_Daily_Record)*. July 29, 2011. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240705151839/https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2011/07/29/lehman-comm-sold-to-prairie-mountain-publishing/) from the original on July 5, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Wallace, Alicia (January 21, 2011). ["Boulder Camera owner acquires Lehman Communications, Longmont Times-Call"](https://www.dailycamera.com/2011/01/21/boulder-camera-owner-acquires-lehman-communications-longmont-times-call/). *[Daily Camera](/source/Daily_Camera)*. [Boulder, Colorado](/source/Boulder%2C_Colorado). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Lehman sale to MediaNews subsidiary finalized"](https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2011/07/29/lehman-sale-to-medianews-subsidiary-finalized/). *Cañon City Daily Record*. July 29, 2011. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240705151730/https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2011/07/29/lehman-sale-to-medianews-subsidiary-finalized/) from the original on July 5, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Agnew, Kelly Geary (February 25, 2020). ["Swift Communications sells Greeley Tribune to newspaper operator MediaNews Group"](https://www.postindependent.com/news/swift-communications-sells-greeley-tribune-to-newspaper-operator-medianews-group/). *[Post Independent](/source/Glenwood_Springs_Post_Independent)*. [Glenwood Springs, Colorado](/source/Glenwood_Springs%2C_Colorado). Retrieved February 25, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Prairie Mountain Media will close Berthoud printing plant"](https://www.denverpost.com/2024/06/27/berthoud-printing-plant-closed/). *[The Denver Post](/source/The_Denver_Post)*. June 27, 2024. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240627145819/https://www.denverpost.com/2024/06/27/berthoud-printing-plant-closed/) from the original on June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024. ## External links - [Scripps, MediaNews Group establish new partnership in Eastern Colorado](https://archive.today/20130202080811/http://www.scripps.com/press/details?id=825) - source Scripps Press Release Friday, February 2, 2006 - [Scripps, MediaNews form new partnership](https://archive.today/20130201120301/http://m.rockymountainnews.com/news/2006/feb/03/scripps-medianews-form-new-partnership/) - source v t e MediaNews Group Bay Area News Group1 East Bay Times Marin Independent Journal The Mercury News The Reporter Santa Cruz Sentinel Saratoga News Southern California News Group1 The Beach Reporter Daily Breeze Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Los Angeles Daily News Orange County Register Pasadena Star-News The Press-Enterprise Press-Telegram Redlands Daily Facts The San Bernardino Sun San Diego Union Tribune San Gabriel Valley Tribune Whittier Daily News MediaOne New England Boston Herald Nashoba Publishing Sentinel & Enterprise The Sun Northern California1 Argus-Courier Chico Enterprise-Record Daily Democrat Daily News Lake County Record-Bee The Mendocino Beacon The Monterey County Herald Oroville Mercury-Register Paradise Post The Press Democrat Sonoma Index-Tribune Times-Standard Ukiah Daily Journal The Willits News Vallejo Times Herald Prairie Mountain Publishing Akron News-Reporter Broomfield Enterprise Brush News-Tribune Burlington Record Cañon City Daily Record Daily Camera Estes Park Trail-Gazette Fort Morgan Times Journal-Advocate Julesburg Advocate Lamar Ledger Longmont Times-Call Reporter-Herald Other newspapers The Denver Post St. Paul Pioneer Press 1Operated by California Newspapers Partnership, a joint venture with Stephens Media; all or most newspapers in this group are owned by the partnership This Colorado-related article is a stub. 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