A group of writers and editors at the now-shuttered (Denver) Rocky Mountain News said they will launch a new online news site, the Rocky Mountain Independent, later this summer.
The site is owned by a group of founding journalists, including Steve Foster, Cindy House, David Milstead and John B. Moore. Operations will be supported by memberships and advertising revenue.
Earlier, the same group of journalists was behind the launch of another Denver-based news site, InDenverTimes.com, which was to support a 30-plus-member news organization through a $5 per month subscription fee.
IDT backers had hoped to attract 50,000 subscribers by April 23, which would have been the 150th anniversary of the News. The site, however, never came close to reaching that goal and the entrepreneurs supporting InDenverTimes.com pulled out.
By contrast, RMI will have fewer full-time journalists — perhaps 10 to 12 — and rely more on bloggers and other Denver sites, including IwantMyRocky.com, which was launched after E.W. Scripps last December said it would sell the News.
Monday, May 18, 2009
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