In Denver, Civic-Minded 'Colorado Sun' Acquires Suburban Newspaper Chain
The news site Colorado Sun was created by Denver journalists dismayed by slashing cuts forced by the Denver Post's hedge fund owners. Now The Sun is taking over a chain of two dozen suburban papers.
A group of disheartened former Denver Post editors and reporters launched an upstart news site 2 1/2 years ago, called it The Colorado Sun, and hoped it could rescue local news coverage from the dictates of hedge fund owners and Wall Street investors.
On Monday morning, announced it had acquired and would operate a family-owned chain of 24 suburban
