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Rocky Mountain News for sale

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Moderator1, Dec 4, 2008.

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  1. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    When I was working on the Front Range, I went out of my way to track down copies of the Rocky on my days off. Always liked it more than the Post.

    Fuck Scripps gently with a chain saw.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Dec 4, 2008
    #25
  2. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Yeah ... uh, Dean, you're about thisclose to sincerity.

    Dean can't wait for it to close to justify massive cuts once his competition has been pared down.
     
    Sam Mills 51, Dec 4, 2008
    #26
  3. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Exactly right.
    He has right of first refusal on a sale. And he's quoted as saying if he buys it, it will be to shutter the paper.

    Direct quotes.

    “We left open the possibility of Scripps buying The Post if they wanted to be here more than us. But it became clear some time ago Scripps lost its stomach for newspapering in Denver, and we’d end up the last man standing here.”

    And

    “We have a right of first refusal on the News and its 50 percent of the Denver Newspaper Agency. We certainly want the 50 percent of the agency, but we would not publish the News.”
     
    MileHigh, Dec 4, 2008
    #27
  4. Tracy Ringolsby

    Tracy Ringolsby Member

    Well to be honest, for $500 you could buy several of the hats and wear them all you want. LOL.
     
    Tracy Ringolsby, Dec 4, 2008
    #28
  5. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    For another $50, can he borrow your spit cup???
     
    SoCalDude, Dec 5, 2008
    #29
  6. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    He can't possibly have the money available to pull that off. He's already leveraged up to his eyeballs, isn't he?
     
    TrooperBari, Dec 5, 2008
    #30
  7. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Yes.

    And god help us all if he finds a lender idiotic enough to let him do it again.
     
    buckweaver, Dec 5, 2008
    #31
  8. Tracy Ringolsby

    Tracy Ringolsby Member

    Four days in intensive care end of spring training 2002 -- blood pressure at 52/19 and 11 pints of blood -- led to the end of 38 years with the spit cup.
     
    Tracy Ringolsby, Dec 5, 2008
    #32
  9. OnTheRiver

    OnTheRiver Active Member

    God almighty... 11 pints?
     
    OnTheRiver, Dec 5, 2008
    #33
  10. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    God, did that mean we had to read Jack Etkin for a full week? ;D
     
    Mizzougrad96, Dec 5, 2008
    #34
  11. Tracy Ringolsby

    Tracy Ringolsby Member

    Bleeding ulcer. Kept me out the opening week of the 2002 season. Three tins of cope a day, I guess, can do that to you. That's what happens when you grow up with coal miners (wasn't a habit that came from baseball) and cowboys.
     
    Tracy Ringolsby, Dec 5, 2008
    #35
  12. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    Whew. ... 11 pints! Your old buddy Gordie would have preferred 11 pints of Jack Daniels.
     
    SoCalDude, Dec 5, 2008
    #36
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