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The Denver Post From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Denver Post The Denver Post front page.jpg The December 22, 2006 front page of The Denver Post Type Daily newspaper Format Broadsheet Owner MediaNews Group Publisher William Dean Singleton Editor Gregory L. Moore Founded 1892 Headquarters 101 W. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80202-5177 United States Circulation 255,452 Daily[1] 704,806 Sunday[2] ISSN 1930-2193 Website denverpost.com The Denver Post is a daily newspaper and online website published in Denver, Colorado, United States, and the sole major newspaper in Denver. It ranks in the top 50 largest-circulation newspapers in the United States, with an average weekday circulation of 255,452.[1] DenverPost.com receives more than two million visitors each month. The Denver Post is the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc., founded in 1983 by William Dea
History The newspaper’s building in downtown Denver. In August 1892, The Evening Post was founded by supporters of Grover Cleveland with $50,000. It was a Democratic paper used to publicize political ideals and stem the number of Colorado Democrats leaving the party. Cleveland had been nominated for president because of his reputation for honest government. However, Cleveland and eastern Democrats opposed government purchase of silver, Colorado’s most important product, which made Cleveland unpopular in the state. Following the bust of silver prices in 1893, the country and Colorado went into a depression and the Evening Post suspended publication in August 1893.[2] A new group of owners with similar political ambitions raised $100,000 and resurrected the paper in June 1894. On October 28, 1895, Harry Heye Tammen, owner of a curio and souvenir shop, and Frederick Gilmer Bonfils, a Kansas City real estate and lottery operator, purchased the Evening Post for $12,500. Neither had newspape
The Denver Post is the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc., founded in 1983 by William Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
