Farewell Rocky Mountain News

The Rocky Mountain Spotted News publishes its last edition Friday.  While it was a long time coming, the end happened quickly.

Their own article is here. From the article:

The Rocky was founded in 1859 by William Byers, one of the most influential figures in Colorado history. Scripps bought the paper in 1926 and immediately began a newspaper war with The Post.  That fight ebbed and flowed over the course of the rest of the 20th century, culminating in penny-a-day subscriptions in the late '90s.

It will be interesting to see what Emily Rooney and the "Beat the Press" crew has to say about this Friday evening.

It would be like Boston losing the Herald.

CITY	POPULATION	URBAN AREA POP
Denver	588,349	2,464,866
Boston	608,352	5,977,504

Sad.

Regards  --  Cliff