National Trust for Local News sells 21 Colorado publications

Owner of most of Maine’s newspapers sells off 21 local papers in Colorado

The national nonprofit that owns most of Maine’s newspapers on Tuesday announced that it sold 21 of its newspapers in Colorado to a company that media observers say is known for cuts to local newsrooms. The National Trust for Local News described the move to sell the Denver-area publications to Tempe, Arizona-based Times Media Group as a restructuring that will “allow the organization to maximize its long-term impact and sustainability in the st…

National Trust for Local News sheds Colorado papers, will continue to operate printing press

Colorado Community Media's Trust Press will keep printing papers as Arizona-based Times Media Group acquires 21 titles, retains employees

National Trust for Local News sells 21 Colorado publications

The National Trust for Local News reported Tuesday that it has sold 21 of its Colorado publications to Times Media Group, a community news publisher based in Tempe, Ariz. The impacted publications cover communities along the Front Range and include the Arvada Press, Englewood Herald and Jeffco Transcript. The deal is expected to close on Wednesday. The trust will retain ownership of seven publications, including the Brighton Standard-Blade, Fort…

National Trust for Local News plans to sell 21 local Denver publications to Times Media Group, a for-profit media company with a history of reducing newsrooms

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The National Trust for Local News sheds papers in Colorado, while a former Maine Trust exec re-emerges

At CCM headquarters in Englewood, Colo. Photo (cc) 2021 by Dan Kennedy. The National Trust for Local News is shedding papers in Colorado, while in Maine a former top executive with the Trust is taking on a new role. The Trust, a nonprofit that buys newspapers to save them from falling into the hands of corporate ownership, has some 50 titles in Colorado, Maine and Georgia. I’ll deal with Colorado first. The Trust made its debut in the spring of …