The Colorado Sun


The Colorado Sun is an online news outlet based in Denver, Colorado. It launched on September 10, 2018, to provide long-form in depth coverage of news from all around Colorado. It was started with two years of funding from blockchain venture capitalists at Civil and from a Kickstarter campaign. The electronic newspaper is based in Denver but covers news from all of Colorado. Subscriptions also optionally include two newsletters, Daily Sun-Up and The Sunriser.

History

Eight former employees of The Denver Post started The Colorado Sun in response to multiple layoffs at the Denver Post after the Post's acquisition by the private equity firm Alden Global Capital.
The Colorado Sun was initially started with a combination of financial and technical support from Civil, a blockchain platform for news organizations to independently found and run newsrooms, and from a Kickstarter campaign that more than doubled its initial goals. This combination provided The Colorado Sun with two years of initial funding, and a subsequent grant from Wend Ventures in late 2018 provided two years of funding for educational reporting. The newspaper does not accept advertising, and plans to be supported by subscriptions and donations after the initial funding runs out.