Imagine a world without both the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News. It isn't beyond the realm of possibility that the recession could drive them both out of business.
The recession and some bad blood. The Denver Post is calling it a "Newspaper War."
It is being reported that while Scripps, which owns the Rocky Mountain News and one half of the Denver Newspaper Agency, was eating $11 million in operating costs last year, The Denver Post was borrowing a similar amount from the DNA to meet its payroll.
In short, it appears that the Post was being subsidized by the Rocky without the Rocky's knowledge.
Now, the Post appears to be trying to interfere with the sale of the Rocky by publicly stating that it will buy the remainder of the DNA and refuse to publish the Rocky.
Lawsuitville, here we come. If Scripps sues The Denver Post and wins, the Denver Post will likely have to be sold or closed. Denver could be without a major newspaper.
Of course, there is that Federal bailout. While the Democrats apparently think condom manufacturers don't need a bailout after all, they will be sympathetic to those who are and have been sympathetic to them. We all pay.
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