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Aspen Daily News Publisher and former co-owner David Cook sold the newspaper to Hoffmann Media Group on Monday. Cook became publisher in 2014 and purchased the paper with Spencer McKnight in 2017.
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Hoffmann Media Group, a media subsidiary of Hoffmann Family of Companies, purchased the Aspen newspaper this week, sparking questions about the future independence of the paper. Publisher David Cook tries to assure readers that they won’t notice a difference in their reporting.
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After more than fifty years of bipartisan Congressional support, October 1 marks the first day nationwide without any federal funding for public media. In response, Aspen Public Radio is announcing the launch of a Resiliency Fund to raise $500,000.
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