Denver Post plans to cut a third of its newsroom employees
DENVER — The Denver Post is planning to cut about a third of its newsroom employees in the coming months.
The newspaper reports that editor Lee Ann Colacioppo told staff members Wednesday that 30 positions will be eliminated — 25 by April 9 and another five by July 1. The newsroom has about 100 journalists, and the reductions will include managers and union-covered employees.
Colacioppo didn’t say which jobs will be eliminated. She wrote in a staff memo that the cuts are “painful” and “dreadfully stressful,” but the newspaper will continue to connect with and inform its readers.
Employees who lose their jobs can apply for a severance package.
The Post is owned by Digital First Media, which is controlled by New York hedge fund Alden Global Capital.
Genstar’s Jean-Pierre Conte sued in Aspen by ex-girlfriend Hillary Thomas
The former girlfriend of Jean-Pierre Conte, the chairman and managing director of the private equity firm Genstar Capital, filed suit Thursday in Aspen claiming that Conte committed assault, battery, and violated the terms of a 2021 separation agreement. Hillary Thomas claims in her lawsuit that during her more than nine years with Conte, she helped parent his four children and her two children “whom they raised in a blended family.”
