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NEW: Conservative billionaire Phil Anschutz to launch the Denver Gazette, an online daily, continuing to expand the @csgazette brand. Anschutz’s media company has the rights to the former Rocky Mountain News but is using the Gazette name instead. #9News 9news.com/mobile/article…
The Denver Gazette, launching September 14, will go behind a $9.99/mo paywall after three months. It will include daily archival content from the Rocky. It promises a full newspaper experience online, not a niche product.
I asked publisher Chris Reen why they decided not to revive the Rocky brand. “We have invested an enormous amount in the Gazette brand, in our journalists, in our journalism,” Reen said.
The Denver Gazette will mirror the conservative editorial tone of Anschutz’s @csgazette. “We are going to present really well thought out arguments every single day and we think the Denver market is looking for an alternative voice,” Reen said. Our conversation airs on #HeyNext.
The Gazette is printed in Denver - and while Reen sidestepped a question about whether they *considered printing a physical paper, he made clear the Denver Gazette will be an online-only product: “Those are all legacy costs that we don’t think we need in a new venture like this.”
Unlike many media startups, the Denver Gazette aims to cover everything from breaking news to sports to politics. That’s an expensive proposition but they can rebrand work done by @csgazette and @colo_politics writers. Reen said there are new hires but declined to say how many.
The timing of the launch of the Denver Gazette, which will not go behind a paywall until after Election Day, offers Anschutz’s Clarity Media Group an additional platform for its staunch defense of @SenCoryGardner and longtime criticism of @Hickenlooper in their Senate race.
Reen says the Denver Gazette will feature a daily editorial on Colorado issues as well as a national editorial (presumably from the @dcexaminer, a sister publication).
Wrapping up with disclosures: Clarity Media’s @colo_politics is a content sharing partner of 9News and Clarity Media’s @csgazette has described me as a “liberal political activist.” Chris Reen, publisher of Clarity Media’s Denver Gazette, is my guest on #HeyNext tonight.

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Jun 18
Colorado's KNUS-AM played a key role in boosting unsupported claims that the 2020 election was rigged by Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems. KNUS' owner, Salem Radio, is now offering an apology and retraction.
Several KNUS hosts platformed Joe Oltmann, the podcaster from Douglas County, who claimed to have overheard an Antifa conference call where a Dominion exec bragged about rigging the election. (Yes, this was the same claim central to Mike Lindell's defamation judgment this week)
Oltmann stands by his election rigging claims and has called for the mass executions of his perceived political opponents - from specific elected officials to journalists. Oltmann has talked of killing people by hanging and dragging them behind his vehicle until dismembered.
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Jun 16
NEW: MyPillowGuy Mike Lindell found liable for defamation for his statements about Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer. Federal jury orders Lindell to pay $2.3M, far less than the $62.7M requested by Coomer’s attorneys.
Jurors found Lindell engaged in civil conspiracy with his company FrankSpeech to broadcast the defamatory claims but did not find MyPillow liable as requested by the plaintiff’s team
Lindell claims to have vaporized his $50-60M fortune pursuing election rigging claims and is $10M in debt. Plaintiff’s attorney said there’s no way to know if he has money because they can’t see audited financial statements from his companies
Read 4 tweets
Jun 13
Day 10 of MyPillowGuy Mike Lindell’s election rigging defamation trial in Denver began with a failed attempt by Lindell’s team to bring him back to the stand. US District Court Judge Nina Wang rejected that saying Lindell had covered the issue at hand in his 2+ days in the stand.
The defense then rested and, outside the presence of the jury, asked the judge to toss the defamation cases against Lindell’s companies, FrankSpeech and MyPillow.
The defense again argued that Lindell wasn’t reckless with his election rigging claims. “They’re trying to hold Mr Lindell to the standard of a PhD. He has a high school education,”attorney Chris Kachouroff said. “He did the best he could.”
Read 11 tweets
Jun 11
Day 8 of MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell’s election rigging defamation trial in Denver begins. Lindell is on the stand for a third day. The judge is expected to rule on the admissibility of clips from Lindell’s election conspiracy theory documentaries. Image
I’d like to take this moment to express my thanks to my pillow, not to be confused with MyPillow. The wood benches in federal court are like something out of an 1800s church, the kind where you hear more about God’s wrath than God’s love. This pillow has literally saved my a—. Image
Jurors heard video testimony from Dennis Montgomery, who claims to have created a software program used by the CIA to rig elections worldwide. He says Lindell bought it from him for $1.5M. A deep dive on Montgomery's infamous, well-chronicled history: reuters.com/investigates/s…
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Jun 10
This morning one of my girls put maple syrup on the dog. And that might not be the most bizarre thing I witness today. Day 7 of MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell’s election rigging defamation trial in Denver begins shortly. Lindell is still on the stand. Image
Reminder: I try to relay key moments in the trial, but I am not logging every development here. For that, check out my talented colleague @TheMarissaSol’s rolling coverage here: 9news.com/article/news/p…
Lindell’s counsel is trying to guide him through how he came to believe elections are rigged. Lindell is being constantly scolded by the judge for not directly answering questions and going on monologues.
Read 12 tweets
Jun 9
Day 6 of MyPillow guy Mike Lindell‘s election rigging defamation trial in Denver begins now. Lindell is expected to take the stand today. On Friday, jurors heard testimony from a cyber security analyst who said he was punished when he challenged Lindell’s claims.
For those curious, the featured item of the day being sold to support Lindell is the king size pillow. The MyCross necklace also remains 50% off. Image
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Mike Lindell is on the stand in his election rigging defamation trial. Lindell says he’s drained his entire fortune chasing claims of election rigging. “I went from a net worth of $50M to $10M in the hole and I’ve lost everything,” Lindell said.
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