''BizWest'' is a
print and
electronic
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business paper in
Northern Colorado
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Region
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.
History
In 2010,
Brown Publishing Company
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, the owner of the newspapers ''Boulder County Business Report'' and ''Northern Colorado Business Report'' declared bankruptcy and, in September, sold them to
Ohio Community Media
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. In February 2011, the publishers of the two papers formed BizWest Media to acquire their publications, the ''Wyoming Business Report'', and ancillary other assets from Ohio Community Media. In March 2014, the ''Boulder County Business Report'' and ''Northern Colorado Business Report'' were merged into a biweekly printed paper called ''BizWest'', with initial circulation of 9,000 to cover
Boulder
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In c ...
,
Broomfield,
Larimer and
Weld counties, as well as the Denver-Boulder corridor.
In September 2016, ''BizWest'' reduced its print publication frequency to monthly and laid off four of its eighteen staff, including one writer. The company cited subscribers shifting to digital-only subscriptions and management's desire to focus on growth areas of the business as reasons for the changes.
References
External links
BizWest website
Business newspapers published in the United States
Newspapers published in Colorado
Publications established in 2014
2014 establishments in Colorado
Monthly newspapers
Companies based in Boulder, Colorado
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