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Vail Daily
''The Vail Daily'' is a newspaper in Eagle County, Colorado first published in 1981. Its primary digital platform is VailDaily.com, and it also publishes a 15,000-circulation, free-distribution newspaper seven days a week. The newspaper covers the Colorado communities of Vail, Colorado, Vail, Avon, Colorado, Avon, Edwards, Colorado, Edwards, Beaver Creek, Colorado, Beaver Creek, and Minturn, Colorado, Minturn, the area ski resorts, and greater Eagle County. Publishers ''The Vail Daily'' was founded in 1981 by Jim Pavelich and Jon Van Housen. It is published by Colorado Mountain News Media, a division of Swift Communications in Reno, Nevada. Swift Communications owns and operates daily news organizations in other Western U.S. mountain resort communities, including Aspen, Colorado, Aspen, Breckenridge, Colorado, Breckenridge, Winter Park, Colorado, Winter Park, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Steamboat Springs, Park City, Colorado, Park City, Vail, Colorado, Vail, and Lake Tahoe. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Daily Newspaper
Free newspapers are distributed free of charge, often in central places in cities and towns, on public transport, with other newspapers, or separately door-to-door. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising. They are published at different levels of frequencies, such as daily, weekly or monthly. Origins Australia In 1906, the '' Manly Daily'' in Australia was launched. It was distributed on the ferry boats to Sydney and was later published as a free community daily by Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd. Germany In 1885, the ''General-Anzeiger für Lübeck und Umgebung'' (Germany) was launched. The paper was founded in 1882 by Charles Coleman (1852–1936) as a free twice-a-week advertising paper in the Northern German town of Lübeck. In 1885 the paper went daily. From the beginning the ''General-Anzeiger für Lübeck'' had a mixed model, for 60 pfennig it was home delivered for three months. Unknown, however, is when the free distribution ended. The company webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabloid (newspaper Format)
A tabloid is a newspaper format characterized by its compact size, smaller than a broadsheet. The term originates from the 19th century, when the London-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, Burroughs Wellcome & Co. used the term to describe Tablet (pharmacy), compressed pills, later adopted by newspapers to denote condensed content. There are two main types of tabloid newspaper: red tops and Compact (newspaper), compact, distinguished by editorial style. Red top tabloids are distinct from broadsheet newspapers, which traditionally cater to more affluent, educated audiences with in-depth reporting and analysis. However, the line between tabloids and broadsheets has blurred in recent decades, as many broadsheet newspapers have adopted tabloid or compact formats to reduce costs and attract readers. Globally, the tabloid format has been adapted to suit regional preferences and media landscapes. In countries like Germany and Australia, tabloids such as ''Bild'' and ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swift Communications
Swift Communications Inc. is an American digital marketing and newspaper publishing company based in Carson City, Nevada. Swift's primary markets are resort town Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspapers and websites as well as agricultural publications. Swift Communications has been noted for "being outside of the mainstream" and "drawing national attention inside the industry" for disabling commenting and implementing paywalls on most of its online newspaper's websites. Swift also prints advertorials, catalogs, realtor magazines and phone book advertising. History Swift Newspapers was founded by Philip Swift in 1975. Swift, a former executive at the Scripps League Newspapers, Inc., Scripps League of Newspapers, exchanged his equity interests in the company for ownership of two daily newspapers, ''The News-Review'' and ''Tahoe Daily Tribune.'' After dozens of acquisitions and mergers over the years, Swift amassed a large number of print publications and in 1991 the company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon, Colorado
Avon is a home rule town located in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 6,072 at the 2020 United States census. The town is a part of the Edwards, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. Avon is the gateway to the Beaver Creek Resort which lies about two miles (3 km) south of the town. It was the previous site of Vail Resorts before the company moved its physical headquarters to Broomfield, Colorado, in 2006. The town is the home of Liberty Skis, an independent ski manufacturing company. History The town began as a railway station in 1889. Originally spelled "Avin", the name was later changed to "Avon". Avon was incorporated in August 1978. Geography Avon is located along Interstate 70, U.S. Highway 6, and the Eagle River. At the 2020 United States census, the town had a total area of including of water. The town rests at 7,430 feet (2265 m) elevation. One popular destination within Avon is Nottingham Lake, which offers a beach area and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle County, Colorado
Eagle County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,731. The county seat is the Town of Eagle and the most populous community is Edwards. The county is named for the Eagle River. Eagle County comprises the Edwards, Colorado, Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Eagle County was created by the Colorado legislature on February 11, 1883, from portions of Summit County. It was named after the Eagle River, which runs through the county. The county seat was originally set in Red Cliff, Colorado, but was moved to the town of Eagle in 1921. The Ground Hog Mine, near Red Cliff, produced gold and silver in two vertical veins in 1887. One vein, or "chimney", contained gold in crystalline form, cemented by iron, while the other contained wire gold in the form of "ram's horns". One of these ram's horns is now on display in the Harvard Mineralogical Museum.Voynick, S.M., 1992, Colorado Gold, Missoula: Mountain Press Publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vail, Colorado
Vail is a Home rule in the United States, home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,835 in 2020. Home to Vail Ski Resort, the largest ski mountain in Colorado, the town is known for its hotels, dining, and for the numerous events the city hosts annually, such as the Vail Film Festival, Vail Resorts Snow Days, and Bravo! Vail. History Vail was incorporated in 1966, four years after the opening of Vail Ski Resort. The Ski resort, ski area was founded by Pete Seibert and local rancher Earl Eaton in 1962, at the base of Vail Pass. The pass was named after Charles Vail, the highway engineer who routed U.S. Route 6 in Colorado, U.S. Highway 6 through the Eagle Valley in 1940, which eventually became Interstate 70 in Colorado, Interstate 70. Seibert, a New England native, served in the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division (United States), 10th Mountain Division during World War II, which trained at Camp Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwards, Colorado
Edwards is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Eagle County, Colorado, United States. Edwards is the principal town of the Edwards, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Edwards post office has the ZIP Code 81632. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Edwards CDP was 11,246. The Edwards Metropolitan District provides services. History The Edwards Post Office has been in operation since 1883. The community was named after Melvin Edwards, a local postal official. Geography Edwards is in the valley of the Eagle River and extends southwards up the valleys of Lake Creek and Colorow Creek, at the north end of the Sawatch Range. It is bordered to the east by the town of Avon. U.S. Route 6 runs through the center of Edwards on the south side of the Eagle River, while Interstate 70 runs through the CDP north of the river, with access from Exit 163. Via I-70, it is east to Vail, east to Denver, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaver Creek, Colorado
Beaver Creek is an unincorporated community in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. Beaver Creek is located immediately south of the town of Avon and encompasses the Beaver Creek Resort and adjacent business, lodging, golf course, and residential areas. The U.S. Post Office at Avon ( ZIP Code 81620) serves Beaver Creek postal addresses. History The Beaver Creek area was settled about 1865. Tucked away in Colorado's Rocky Mountains, Beaver Creek Resort has had a rich history since it first opened to the public in 1980. Located in Eagle County, Beaver Creek is a major ski resort owned and operated by Vail Resorts. Talks of opening a ski resort in Beaver Creek first arose in 1956, as Earl Eaton and John Burke sought possible ways to enter the ski resort operation business. When Denver won the bid for the 1976 Winter Olympics, Beaver Creek would have hosted the alpine skiing events. White River National Forest Beaver Creek ski area operates on National Forest System land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minturn, Colorado
Minturn is a List of cities and towns in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,033 at the 2020 United States census. Geography Minturn is located in southeastern Eagle County on the Eagle River (Colorado), Eagle River between the resort communities of Vail, Colorado, Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado, Beaver Creek. The town limits extend northwest along U.S. Route 24 to Interstate 70 at Exit 171, from which point it is east to Vail and 5 miles west to Avon, Colorado, Avon at the base of Beaver Creek Resort. Eagle, Colorado, Eagle, the county seat, is to the west, and Denver is to the east. US 24 leads south over the Continental Divide at Tennessee Pass (Colorado), Tennessee Pass to Leadville, Colorado, Leadville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.32%, is water. Minturn is surrounded on three side ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspen, Colorado
Aspen is the List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule city that is the county seat and the List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains' Sawatch Range and Elk Mountains (Colorado), Elk Mountains, along the Roaring Fork River at an elevation just below on the Western Slope of Colorado, Western Slope, west of the Continental Divide. Aspen is now a part of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. Founded as a mining camp during the Colorado Silver Boom and later named Aspen for the abundance of aspen trees in the area, the city boomtown, boomed during the 1880s, its first decade. The boom ended when the Panic of 1893 led to a collapse of the silver market. For the next half-century, known as "the quiet years", the population steadily declined, reaching a nadir of few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breckenridge, Colorado
Breckenridge is the List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule town that is the county seat and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous municipality of Summit County, Colorado, Summit County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 5,078 at the 2020 United States census. Breckenridge is the principal town of the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town also has many part-time residents, as many people have vacation homes in the area. The town is located at the base of the Tenmile Range. Since ski trails were first cut in 1961, Breckenridge Ski Resort has made the town a popular destination for skiers. Summer in Breckenridge attracts outdoor enthusiasts with hiking trails, wildflowers, fly fishing in the Blue River (Colorado), Blue River, mountain biking, nearby Lake Dillon for boating, white-water rafting, three alpine slides, a roller coaster, and many shops and restaurants up and down Main Street. The historic buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
