Longmont Times-Call
newspaper published in Longmont, Colorado, United States
The Longmont Daily Times-Call, known under different combinations of these names, is a daily newspaper published for Longmont, Colorado, United States. It carries local, regional, national and world news and republishes most of its stories from sister publications owned by its parent company. It is part of the MediaNews Group, owned by Digital First Media, which is owned by Alden Global Capital out of New York City. Editorial offices are no longer in Longmont, and in 2017 are located in the Daily Camera offices at 2500 55th St. Suite 210, Boulder, CO 80301.
History
The earliest predecessor of the Daily Times-Call was the Free Press, a newspaper that Elmer and Fred Beckwith published twice in Burlington, Colorado in 1871. In 1872, after the Beckwith brothers had moved to Longmont, Elmer Beckwith started publishing the Longmont Sentinel. The newspaper changed its name to Colorado Press, then Longmont Press. On September 8, 1879, a day after the building with the Longmont Press had burned, Charles Boyton and J.J. Jilson printed the first Longmont Ledger. The burning of the Press building was the lead story.
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