Dave Danforth is an American publisher and newspaper owner. In the United States, he pioneered micro-daily newspapers beginning in the late 1970s, including Colorado's

Aspen Daily News The ''Aspen Daily News'' is a 14,500-circulation (unaudited), 7-day-a-week newspaper in the ski resort of Aspen, Colorado that started in 1978. In 1978, Dave Danforth, then working as a stringer for The Denver Post and some national publications, ...

Career

In 1978, Danforth, a

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

dropout who later returned to graduate from the Ivy League school, then working as a stringer for

The Denver Post ''The Denver Post'' is a daily newspaper and website published in Denver, Colorado. As of June 2022, it has an average print circulation of 57,265. In 2016, its website received roughly six million monthly unique visitors generating more than 13 ...

and for some national publications, began printing up a one-sheet "missive" and distributing 2,000 copies around Aspen. "It was typewritten, both sides, with a little band of ads one inch high, a free handout," former Aspen journalist Andy Stone recalls. "He had a taste and a flair for sensational journalism." The ''Aspen Daily News'', which soon converted to a tabloid format on traditional newsprint, has had a competition over decades with ''The Aspen Times'', founded as a daily in 1881 before converting to a weekly in the 1920s. In the face of ''The News''' incursion, ''The Times'' introduced a daily edition beginning in 1988; as of 2016, ''The Times'' continues to publish daily. Danforth sold the ''Daily News'' in 2017. In 1989, Danforth, together with partners Mark Guerringue and Adam Hirshan, co-founded the free New Hampshire daily

The Conway Daily Sun ''The Conway Daily Sun'' is a five-day (Tuesday through Saturday) free daily newspaper published in North Conway, New Hampshire, United States, covering the Mount Washington Valley. It has been published since 1989 by Country News Club, and was t ...

. The newspaper dropped its Monday edition in 2009 but continues to publish Tuesdays through Saturdays. In 1995, Danforth, together with partners James Pavelich and

Dave Price (publisher) Dave Price (born 1962) is an American journalist who has edited, published and founded a number of free daily newspapers including the '' Daily News'' and the '' Daily Post'' in Palo Alto, California, and the ''Aspen Times Daily'' in Aspen, Colorad ...

, co-founded the free The Daily News (Palo Alto). A year later, Pavelich and Price voted to remove Danforth from the newspaper's management. Danforth unsuccessfully sued his partners, citing financial mismanagement, and the newspaper itself was sold in 2005 to Knight Ridder, which itself was later sold. Pavelich and Price ultimately returned to Palo Alto to compete, as

Palo Alto Daily Post ''The Daily Post'' is a free newspaper in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2008 by the ''Palo Alto Daily News's'' founders, Dave Price and Jim Pavelich, who had sold that paper to new owners three years earlier. ''The Post'' is published Monday- ...

, against their former newspaper. In 1999, Danforth co-founded California's

Berkeley Daily Planet The ''Berkeley Daily Planet'' was a free weekly newspaper published in Berkeley, California, which continues today as an internet-based news publication. The ''Daily Planet'' is politically progressive, and offers endorsements of progressive a ...

, which discontinued publication in 2010. In 2001, Danforth, together with Carolyn Sackariason and Ross Furukawa, co-founded California's

Santa Monica Daily Press The ''Santa Monica Daily Press'' is a freely distributed microdaily newspaper in Santa Monica which was founded in 2001 by Dave Danforth, Carolyn Sackariason, and Ross Furukawa. The Santa Monica Daily Press is the only local daily newspaper in c ...

, which continues to publish as of 2016. Furukawa remains as president.

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