Colorado Times-Recorder: A month before Colorado Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill that would give journalists a leg up over normal people when it comes to getting public records, the local NBC station in Colorado Springs laid off journalists, continuing a trend in local TV, as news audiences slide away or die.

The previous month, Colorado Community Media, which owns two dozen newspapers around Denver, closed two outlets, and its future looks super shaky, with layoffs and tumult, after a promising start in 2021.

In December, in a familiar story, the Flagler News on the eastern plains closed after a 112-year run, while layoffs hit Colorado Public Radio, whose recent growth had inspired hope that serious journalism may have a muscular business model.

The reality is, every platform you turn to for news — including the dear Colorado Times Recorder that’s looking at you right now — is on thin ice or in the freezing water. God hopes the Alden-Global-Capital-owned Denver Post remains in its diminished but stable condition, but you have to bet against it, unless you’re an emotional bettor like me. And who knows what happens to the conservative Gazette news outlets when aging billionaire Phil Anschutz dies — or before, for that matter.

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