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. It is owned by Prairie Mountain Publishing, a division of

Digital First Media MNG Enterprises, Inc., Trade name, doing business as Digital First Media and MediaNews Group, is a Denver, Colorado, United States–based newspaper publisher owned by Alden Global Capital. As of May 2021, it owns over 100 newspapers and 200 ass ...

which is controlled by

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History

Frederick P. Johnson and Bert Bell founded the weekly ''Boulder Camera'' in 1890, and it became a daily in 1891. Ownership has changed over the years. The paper has been owned by Ridder (1969–1974),

Knight Ridder Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. It was bought by McClatchy on June 27, 2006, allowing the latter to become the second largest newspaper publisher in the United States at the time ...

(1974–1997), Scripps (1997–2009) and

MediaNews Group MNG Enterprises, Inc., Trade name, doing business as Digital First Media and MediaNews Group, is a Denver, Colorado, United States–based newspaper publisher owned by Alden Global Capital. As of May 2021, it owns over 100 newspapers and 200 ass ...

(2009–present). In 2013

and

merged under the Digital First Media name. Alden Global Capital controls Digital First Media. The official name of this newspaper at various times has been the ''Boulder Camera'', the ''Boulder Daily Camera'', the ''Daily Camera'', the ''Camera'', and most recently the ''Daily Camera'' once again. All of these are still in common usage as nicknames for the paper.

Awards

* 2007 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award for General Excellence, Class II * 2006 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award for General Excellence, Class II

References

External links

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MediaNews Group daily newspapers

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