Colorado Daily

Colorado Daily
TypeFree daily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)MediaNews Group
PublisherAl Manzi
EditorChristy Fantz
Founded1892 (as the Silver & Gold)
Ceased publication17 September 2022
Headquarters5450 Western Ave.
Boulder, Colorado 80301
 United States
Websitecoloradodaily.com

The Colorado Daily was a newspaper published in Boulder, Colorado, by Prairie Mountain Publishing Co. LLC, a unit of MediaNews Group. Its final issue was published on September 17, 2022.[1] The Daily was operated out of the offices of Boulder's Daily Camera newspaper.[2] Originally the student newspaper of the University of Colorado, the Daily became independent in 1970 and underwent several ownership changes since 2001, coming under the control of the Camera, its former competitor, when it was purchased by the E.W. Scripps Co. in 2005.[3] The newspaper and its website, coloradodaily.com, continued to focus much of their coverage on the university.

First published on September 13, 1892, the Daily has been said to be the oldest free daily newspaper in the U.S.[4] In 2000 and 2001, the newspaper won several national journalism awards for its investigative reporting.[5][6][7][8]

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  2. ^ "Colorado Daily website » About Us". coloradodaily.com. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  3. ^ "Colorado Daily publisher to leave". Denver Business Journal. 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  4. ^ "Paper Trail". Westword. 2001-04-26. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  5. ^ "Scripps Howard Foundation » News Releases". scripps.com. 2000-02-21. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  6. ^ "1999 National Awards for Education Reporting". ewa.org. 2000-02-23. Archived from the original on 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  7. ^ "National Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest of 2000". nna.org. Retrieved 2010-12-29.[dead link‍]
  8. ^ "1999 IRE Awards". ire.org. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-12-29.