The Denver Daily News is a former free daily newspaper in Denver, Colorado. At the time of its closure on June 6, 2011, It distributed 25,500 copies Monday-Friday in stores, coffee shops, restaurants and workplaces. Copies could also be found in the Daily's distinctive blue boxes.

Assuming a pass-along rate of 2.3 readers per copy, the readership of the Daily was 24,150 per day. The Daily's freewheeling style and dedicated readership helped it establish a niche unserved by The Denver Post

The Denver Post

-Ownership:The Post is the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc., founded in 1983 by William Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder. MediaNews is today one of the nation's largest newspaper chains, publisher of 61 daily newspapers and more than 120 non-daily publications in 13 states. MediaNews...

. The Daily's page count ranged from 32 to 64 pages per day. Major advertisers included auto dealerships, real estate developers, real estate agents, restaurants, grocery stores, apparel retailers and service providers.

The Denver Daily News started May 10, 2001. Its offices were originally at 2950 West 29th Avenue in Denver. Its last offices were located at 2330 Broadway, Denver. The publisher was Kirstie Hannon. The Denver Daily News was owned by Jim Pavelich who is a partner in the Palo Alto Daily Post

Palo Alto Daily Post

The Daily Post is a revival of the original Palo Alto Daily News, founded in 2008 by the Daily News’ founders Dave Price and Jim Pavelich. The Post is published Monday-Saturday and distributed in more than a dozen communities on the San Francisco peninsula...

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