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Rocky Mountain News publishes final edition

Unread postby Ferretlover » Fri 27 Feb 2009, 09:40:43

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Rocky Mountain News publishes final edition Colorado's oldest newspaper shuts 2 months short of its 150th anniversary
AP--DENVER - Questions about the future of the Rocky Mountain News had become so common, the newspaper's staff put up a handwritten paper sign on the news desk that said, "We don't know."
On Thursday, someone wrote over it in heavy black marker: "Now we know."
Colorado's oldest newspaper, which launched in Denver in 1859, printed its last edition Friday, leaving The Denver Post as the only daily newspaper in town. … Four owners of 33 U.S. daily newspapers have sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the past 2 1/2 months. A number of other newspapers are up for sale. …

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