Aurora Sentinel
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The Aurora Sentinel is the brand of newspapers serving the city of Aurora, Colorado
. Both a weekly and daily product carry the Sentinel banner, as well as The Buckley Guardian, serving the area's military community.
Published Wednesdays and delivered by newsboys, The Sentinel also had a Friday companion newspaper for some time called the Aurora Sentinel Weekender.
In 1991, the Cowles Media Company
(formerly Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company) broke up and sold off the Denver suburban chain. Local ownership and control of the Sentinel was established via a partnership including Publisher Karen Sowell Johnson and President H. Harrison Cochran.
In 1997, a free, rack-distributed publication – The Aurora Sun-Sentinel – was introduced to supplement the paid-subscription Sentinel.
In April 2004, Aurora Publishing Co. introduced The Aurora Daily Sun, a five-day-a-week, tabloid-size publication freely distributed through the city. In June 2007 the Daily Sun adopted the Sentinel brand. In February 2011, Aurora Media Group bought the papers.
Aurora, Colorado
City of Aurora is a Home Rule Municipality spanning Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties in Colorado. Aurora is an eastern suburb of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area . The city is the third most populous city in the Colorado and the 56th most populous city in the...
. Both a weekly and daily product carry the Sentinel banner, as well as The Buckley Guardian, serving the area's military community.
History
In 1971, the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company acquired a group of suburban publications in the Denver area, including the Aurora Star-Sentinel, the successor to an earlier newspaper serving the Aurora community, The Aurora Democrats and News.Published Wednesdays and delivered by newsboys, The Sentinel also had a Friday companion newspaper for some time called the Aurora Sentinel Weekender.
In 1991, the Cowles Media Company
Cowles Media Company
Cowles Media Company was a newspaper, magazine and information publishing company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. The company operated Cowles Business Media, Cowles Creative Publishing and Cowles Enthusiast Media units. The McClatchy Company purchased Cowles Media in 1998...
(formerly Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company) broke up and sold off the Denver suburban chain. Local ownership and control of the Sentinel was established via a partnership including Publisher Karen Sowell Johnson and President H. Harrison Cochran.
In 1997, a free, rack-distributed publication – The Aurora Sun-Sentinel – was introduced to supplement the paid-subscription Sentinel.
In April 2004, Aurora Publishing Co. introduced The Aurora Daily Sun, a five-day-a-week, tabloid-size publication freely distributed through the city. In June 2007 the Daily Sun adopted the Sentinel brand. In February 2011, Aurora Media Group bought the papers.