''The Gazette'' is a

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-winning daily newspaper based in

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, United States. It has operated since 1873.

History

The publication began as ''Out West'', beginning March 23, 1872, but failed in its endeavor. The company relaunched as ''The Colorado Springs Gazette'', and the first issue was published on January 4, 1873.''The Colorado Springs Gazette'' Company History
In 1946, the ''Colorado Springs Gazette'' and the ''Colorado Springs Evening Telegraph'' merged to form the ''Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph''. The same year, it was purchased by Raymond C. Hoiles's Freedom Newspapers. An ad by a

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-based

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store in the ''Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph'' in December 1955 with a misprinted telephone number to call

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sparked numerous

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telephone calls by children on December 24, 1955, to the

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Operations Center in

, asking about Santa Claus, and led to the current

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program. The paper was awarded the

in 1990 for feature writing on a home explosion. It was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2014 for national reporting for reporting by

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"... expanding the examination of how wounded combat veterans are mistreated, focusing on loss of benefits for life after discharge by the Army for minor offenses, stories augmented with digital tools and stirring congressional action". Philipps left the ''Gazette'' soon after, moving to ''

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''. Its name was changed to ''The Gazette'' in 1997. The sale of ''The Gazette'' to Clarity Media, a subsidiary of

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, closed on November 30, 2012. Joe Hight of ''

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'' (

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), another Anschutz-owned newspaper, was named editor.

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