October 1, 1995

Editor’s Notebook: The birth of a newspaper

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We’re here to stay.

That’s the main message I want to convey to Northern Colorado’s business and political leaders, its employers and employees, its residents and commuters.

It’s a message I would have conveyed no matter what, but it’s one that seems even more poignant in the wake of the intense business-newspaper competition that has erupted around us.

I used to think that Denver was the most competitive newspaper market in the country. I now know that not to be true. The most competitive newspaper market in the country is right here in Northern Colorado, where three business newspapers will duke it out…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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