The banner above popped up this morning on IWantMyRocky.com, a website that began as a way of rallying support for the Rocky Mountain News after the venerable tabloid was put up for sale by its owner, E.W. Scripps, this past December, but has now become a web vehicle featuring new…
There are lots of former Rocky Mountain News journalists on the job market right now, thanks to the closure of the paper in late February — and many of them are considering career changes due to the current dearth of available positions in their chosen profession. But Ed Sealover’s story…
“Texas Investor Brian Ferguson Plans Bid for Rocky Mountain News Assets,” a just-published blog, notes that the aforementioned Ferguson has a proposal ready to go as soon as bidding starts for the Denver Publishing Company; the firm controls the intellectual property of the Rocky, which stopped publishing after the February…
Plenty of people may hate “Mustang,” the late artist Luis Jiminez’s foreboding, fire-eyed demon steed that haunts Denver International Airport — but the best-hung horse in the state certainly carries his weight, financially speaking. This week’s Off-Limits column reports that the blue spectre’s value has escalated from $650,000 at the…
At the February 26 press conference announcing the imminent closing of the Rocky Mountain News, E.W. Scripps CEO Rich Boehne announced that the Rocky website and archives were for sale. Now, a credible bidder is stepping forward to announce his interest in the journalistic treasure trove: Texas-based investor Brian Ferguson…
Forbes magazine’s annual billionaires list is out, and as the Denver Business Journal documents, Colorado’s most-moneyed residents are walking around with lighter wallets since September 2008, the last time the mag measured their wealth. Poor Phil Anschutz is down to his last $5 billion, from $8 billion; James Leprino’s dipped…
Today, for the third consecutive morning, my Denver Post didn’t arrive in time for me to read it before heading off to work; more about that in a future blog. And to compound the problem, the copies usually awaiting me upon my arrival at Westword’s offices were absent, too. So…
“Trial Beat,” Kenny Be, March 5 Ward Without End Kenny Be is a genius who gets better all the time. But he outdid himself with “Trial Beat,” his epic work devoted to that ultimate cartoon character, Ward Churchill. Kenny captured this circus perfectly. Denver is lucky to have him on…
See the photos appraisers used to value the “Blue Mustang” at westword.com/slideshow. In 1993, the still-unopened Denver International Airport gave a $300,000 commission to New Mexican artist Luis Jimenez to create “Mustang,” a 32-foot-high fiberglass horse. And in the ensuing sixteen years, “Mustang” has brought nothing but trouble. When the…
See photos of crime fighters around the world at westword.com/slideshow. Also, on the Latest Word blog, find a super discussion of Watchmen and a Q&A with a local supervillain. You don’t exist. You think nothing, you feel nothing, you are nothing. That’s the secret to becoming invisible, to becoming the…
Oh, what a beautiful day. Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Jesse F. Keeler and Alex “Al-P” Puodziukas of MSTRKRFT. • Q&A with Rasmus Stolberg of Efterklang. • Q&A with Dan Whitford of Cut Copy. • Free SXSW Denver Music download. • Flier of the week: Ideal Fathers at…
Our daily slog through the blogs. Send thy tips. When it comes to the Employees Free Choice Act — Congress’s Next Big Fight — some media outlets are either really dumb, or really dishonest. Or both. (Media Matters) Gay couples are one step closer to equal health-care rights. And somewhere,…
This ominous video appeared in YouTube in late December. It was a response to one posted a few months earlier by New Jersey-based superhero Phantom Zero (yes, there are flesh-and-blood crime fighters out there; for proof, check out “The Astounding Adventures of the Wall Creeper, Colorado’s Own Superhero,” this week’s…
In this week’s Westword cover story, Joel Warner reports on the Wall Creeper, a young man who “patrols” Colorado as a “real-life superhero.” Access the story at the link above, and see photos of more superheroes from around the world at westword.com/slideshow…
There are plenty of reasons to enjoy tonight’s Jewish Women in Harmony: A Musical Evening for Women at the Shwayder Theater (350 S. Dahlia Street in the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center). One would be the marvelous lineup of talented local songstresses. Another would be the general sense of…
So it’s pretty much the worst time in fifty years to run a sports league (NHL, anyone?). And women sports leagues have a tendency to go over like herpes at a makeout party (WUSA, anyone?). And leagues that feature a novel concept but a subpar product tend to die painful…
Colorado State University students are being asked to be very cautious when considering a trip to Mexico for spring break. The U.S. State Department has even issued a warning that reads like a proverbial grocery list of national problems. Why risk it? It’s really hard to keep looking over your…
As pointed out in the first of today’s blogs about the closure of the Fort Collins Coloradoan’s printing facilities, Kim Roegner, the paper’s publisher and president since last June, didn’t return a call on the topic yesterday. Following the issuing of a press release confirming a new partnership between the…
As noted in the blog “New Architectural Images Released of Denver International Airport. Oh, Wait, That’s Denver Union Station,” the developers behind the ongoing Union Station project recently unveiled new architectural concepts for the transit hub — including some ideas, espeically the train shed canopy, that seemed less than wonderful…
Yesterday, union-represented employees of the Denver Post voted to accept a package that includes “wage cuts ranging from 6 percent to 9 percent, depending on salary; higher health-insurance costs; seven days per year of unpaid furloughs; and a suspension of employer contributions to 401(k) retirement accounts,” according to an article…
According to a representative of a local restaurant, a Denver Newspaper Agency saleswoman claimed in a recent call that purchasing ads in the Denver Post would lead to coverage from the paper itself. “She proceeded to say, in all earnestness, that if we bought advertising, then reporters would write about…
The basic information contained in a blog published earlier this morning under the headline “Report: Coloradoan Outsourcing Printing to Denver Newspaper Agency, Eliminating as Many as Fifty Jobs” has been confirmed. Moments ago, the Fort Collins Coloradoan issued a press release about its new agreement with the Denver Newspaper Agency…
