Colorado newspaper bought by mayor it criticized

Editor& Publisher reports that Colorado's oldest newspaper, the Weekly Register-Call has been bought by a mayor it once criticized. Black Hawk Mayor David Spellman, purchased the publication after its 93-year-old publisher died in May.

The newspaper, which is about 40 miles west of Denver, is the state's oldest after the closing of the Rocky Mountain News
The newspaper will be merged with its competitor, Gilpin County News.

Editor of the Gilpin County News, Aaron Storms, says the mayor won't have any control over editorial content of the combined newspaper.

But the Register-Call's current editor, Debra Krause has been dismissed. She says the mayor bought the newspaper to silence criticism of him.

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