Colorado Business Papers Combine Into Biweekly Newspaper BizWest

Posted Thursday, February 27, 2014 7:02 am

By: The Denver Post

Two long-time Northern Colorado business newspapers will combine into a single print edition, BizWest, which will launch March 21.

The biweekly paper, with initial circulation of 9,000, will consolidate the Boulder County Business Report and Northern Colorado Business Report. The publication will cover Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties, as well as the Denver-Boulder corridor, BizWest Media reported Wednesday afternoon.

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