Boulder Weekly journalists want to buy their paper and make it employee-owned

Staff at the alternative weekly newspaper in Boulder are looking to buy the publication and convert it to an employee-owned newsroom.

Boulder Weekly, a free independent paper that has served the entire county for 30 years, is currently running a fundraising campaign to explore its options as its founder and owner, Stewart Sallo, seeks to retire.

The paper, which prints 110,000 copies a week, isn’t at risk of folding if employee ownership doesn’t pan out, says Editor Shay Castle, but those who work there are looking at a co-op model as an initial option. The paper isn’t even technically listed for sale, she said.

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