Colorado Statesman
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founded1889[1]
Ceased publication2017
CityDenver
CountryUnited States
Websitewww.coloradostatesman.com
www.coloradopolitics.com

The Colorado Statesman was a weekly political newspaper published in Denver and was one of the oldest continuously published newspapers in Colorado.[1] The Statesman covered the Colorado General Assembly, state government, public policy issues, campaigns and elections, the state’s political parties, and the people and personalities behind them.[2] It was formerly known as the Denver Democrat and The Colorado Democrat.[3] The paper was succeeded to the name, Colorado Politics in 2017.

History

It was founded in 1889.[1] In the newspapers early history it became part of the Denver Democrat newspaper; followed by a name change to The Colorado Democrat in the mid-1950s; and by 1977 it was renamed The Colorado Statesman.[3]

In the 1970s, the paper was owned by Cheryl Meyer and Walt Kinderman, who had hired Jody Hope Strogoff as a reporter.[3] In 1980, Bob Sweeney bought the paper.[3] In 1984, Sweeney sold the paper to Strogoff.[3] By 1990, Larry Mizel, a wealthy, politically connected GOP donor became a partial owner.[3][4]

Strogoff told Columbia Journalism Review that the newspaper at that time "became non-partisan and found that in a politically divided state like Colorado, the power players all along the political spectrum, as well as bureaucrats, like the Stateman’s coverage."[5] Strogoff stepped down as publisher on Feb. 22, 2015, following a 35-year career. Former Colorado State Representative Jared Wright, the newspaper's contract cartoonist, assumed the publisher's role. Former state Rep. Gerald Kopel, "Mr. Colorado Legislature," wrote a weekly column in the newspaper from 1992 until his death in 2012.[6]

On Feb. 4, 2016, the newspaper placed the bulk of its online content behind a paywall, restricting its access primarily to paid subscribers only.[7] In June 2017, the paper announced that it had merged with Clarity Media Corporation's Coloradopolitics.com. The branding associated with the Statesman was abandoned in favor of the Coloradopolitics.com brand.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About - The Colorado Statesman". Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  2. ↑ "The Colorado Statesman - Colorado Media". Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hutchins, Corey (2017-08-25). "The Colorado Statesman turns a page. Now it's called Colorado Politics". The Colorado Independent. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  4. ↑ Salzman, Jason (2016-07-01). "Trump Co-Host Owns Colorado Statesman Newspaper". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  5. ↑ "Colorado politics, covered". Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  6. ↑ "Former Colorado lawmaker Gerald Kopel remembered for love of state – The Denver Post". Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  7. ↑ Salzman, Jason (2016-02-08). "Colorado Political Newspaper Now Requires Subscription for Most Content". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  8. ↑ Westergaard, Neil (2017-06-01). "Anschutz adds to media holdings, buys another Colorado newspaper". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
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