# Vail Daily

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{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}{{Short description|Newspaper in Vail, Colorado}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Vail Daily
| image = 250px
| caption = 
| type = [Free daily newspaper](/source/Free_daily_newspaper)
| format = [Tabloid](/source/Tabloid_(newspaper_format))
| founded = 1981
| language = English
| ceased_publication = 
| price = 
| owners = [Swift Communications](/source/Swift_Communications)
| founder = Jim Pavelich<br/>Jon Van Housen
| publisher = Mark Wurzer
| managing_editor = Krista Driscoll
| circulation = 
| headquarters = 40780 US Hwy 6 & 24<br>[Avon, Colorado](/source/Avon%2C_Colorado) 81620
| publishing_country = [United States](/source/United_States)
| oclc = 
| ISSN = 
| website = {{URL|vaildaily.com}}
}}

'''''The Vail Daily''''' is a newspaper in [Eagle County, Colorado](/source/Eagle_County%2C_Colorado) first published in 1981.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Heicher |first=Kathy |date=June 14, 2021 |title=Before the Vail Daily: Newspapers 'keep the record' for Eagle County since 1881 |url=https://www.vaildaily.com/news/eagle-valley/before-the-vail-daily-newspapers-keep-the-record-for-eagle-county-since-1881/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |work=Vail Daily}}</ref> Its primary digital platform is VailDaily.com, and it also publishes a 15,000-circulation, free-distribution newspaper seven days a week. The newspaper covers the Colorado communities of [Vail](/source/Vail%2C_Colorado), [Avon](/source/Avon%2C_Colorado), [Edwards](/source/Edwards%2C_Colorado), [Beaver Creek](/source/Beaver_Creek%2C_Colorado), and [Minturn](/source/Minturn%2C_Colorado), the area ski resorts, and greater Eagle County.

==Publishers==
On June 15, 1981, the first edition of ''The Vail Daily'' was published.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=LaConte |first=John |date=June 15, 2021 |title=Vail Daily turns 40: Co-founder Jim Pavelich looks back on publishing his first paper |url=https://www.vaildaily.com/news/eagle-valley/vail-daily-turns-40-co-founder-jim-pavelich-looks-back-on-publishing-his-first-paper/ |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=The Vail Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> It was founded by Jim Pavelich and Jon Van Housen with $3,000 in tip money as a successor to the recently defunct ''Vail Daily Mail''.<ref name=":0" /> At that time, ''The Daily'' was a competitor of the ''Vail Trail''. After a few years, Pavelich bought out Van Housen.<ref name=":0" />

In 1992, Pavelich refused to run an ad from a gay man in ''The Daily''. The ad advocated for a boycott of Colorado in response to the passing of the [1992 Colorado Amendment 2](/source/1992_Colorado_Amendment_2).<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 28, 1992 |title=Vail newspaper refuses ad supporting boycott |work=Pueblo Chieftain |pages=9 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> In 1993, Pavelich sold ''The Daily'' and the ''Summit Daily News'' to [Swift Communications](/source/Swift_Communications).<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 13, 1993 |title=Swift Colorado buys Vail, Summit papers |work=The Daily Sentinel |location=Grand Junction, Colorado |pages=14}}</ref> In 2021, the company was acquired by [Ogden Newspapers](/source/Ogden_Newspapers).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Scott |date=November 30, 2021 |title=Parent company of Vail Daily sells to Ogden Newspapers |url=https://www.vaildaily.com/news/parent-company-of-vail-daily-sells-to-ogden-newspapers/ |website=Vail Daily}}</ref>

In 2025, ''The Daily'' became the [newspaper of record](/source/newspaper_of_record) for [Eagle County](/source/Eagle_County%2C_Colorado) following the closure of the ''Eagle Valley Enterprise''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Zoe |date=November 18, 2025 |title=Eagle County names Vail Daily as newspaper of record |url=https://www.vaildaily.com/news/eagle-county-names-vail-daily-as-newspaper-of-record/ |access-date=2026-05-09 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.vaildaily.com Vail Daily Website]
*[http://www.swiftnews.com/ Swift Communications] (official website)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120930080825/http://www.swiftcom.com/about-us/properties/colorado-mountain-news-media/ Colorado Mountain News Media]

{{Swift Communications}}

Category:Newspapers published in Colorado
Category:Eagle County, Colorado
Category:Free daily newspapers
Category:Newspapers established in 1981
Category:1981 establishments in Colorado

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