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The Evening Post emerged in August 1892 from a $50,000 fund raised by supporters of Grover Cleveland. On the 3rd of November 1895, the publication changed its name to Denver Evening Post before dropping the word Evening entirely on the 1st of January 1901 to become The Denver Post.
Harry Heye Tammen and Frederick Gilmer Bonfils purchased the Evening Post for just $12,500 on the 28th of October 1895. They introduced sensationalism, editorialism, and flamboyant circus journalism which caused circulation to grow rapidly until it surpassed all three other daily papers combined.
Alden Global Capital purchased the bankrupt parent company MediaNews Group in 2010 and later reduced the number of journalists by almost two-thirds by April 2018 to around 70 people. This drastic fall occurred from over 250 journalists employed before 2010 when the hedge fund bought the paper.
The most recent Breaking News Reporting prize came in 2013 for coverage of the 2012 Aurora Colorado shooting. The paper has won nine Pulitzer Prizes throughout its history including awards for Editorial Cartooning, Feature Photography, Public Service, and Breaking News Reporting.
Jon Caldara was officially dismissed on the 27th of February 2009 for failing to use respectful language and lacking a collaborative professional manner. He had published two conservative articles on sex and gender which criticized the Colorado legislature and schools regarding sex-ed curriculum content.