Denver Post buyout packages

Corey Hutchins reports for the Colorado Independent,

Fearing job cuts, Denver Post journalists rally against their hedge fund owner.

...about 100 members of the newspaper’s labor union and community allies were rallying to bring attention to The Post’s parent company, Digital First Media, and its primary hedge fund owner, Alden Global Capital.

In April, DFM offered 26 buyout packages to newsroom staff. If everyone takes one, the newsroom of The Denver Post will have been slashed by one third in the past year alone. The deadline to accept the buyouts was Thursday, June 16.

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