ARCHIVED  January 1, 1997

Daily newspapers vie for growing Windsor market

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WINDSOR — Can a weekly newspaper compete with a daily newspaper? How about two or three?

The answer is “yes.” Sort of. Yes, the daily has the advantage of reporting news quickly. Yes, the daily often gets the jump on important news stories. And yes, the daily has more readers. The weekly, however, often has the loyalty of its subscribers who turn to its pages for local news about schools, churches, clubs and organizations — news not usually found in a daily.

And when the daily newspaper is the Greeley Tribune, and the weekly newspaper is the Windsor Beacon,…

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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