New Deal: Colorado-national consortium buys community papers
New Deal: Colorado-national consortium buys community papers By JAMES ANDERSONMay 4, 2021 GMT DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Sun, a Denver-based online news operation created three years ago by journalists who left The Denver Post, has partnered with a national nonprofit to buy 24 community newspapers in a unique venture that seeks to preserve local journalism. The arrangement adds to a growing number of newspapers receiving boosts from nonprofits that are devoted to protecting journalism in the United States where private equity or hedge funds buy up and consolidate financially struggling leg...