game in town" and in 2009, Swift-owned newspapers had 90% market share in Eagle County. Swift has also been criticized for over-charging for obituary listings. Sale of the Company On December 31, 2021, Swift Communications was acquired by Ogden Newspapers, a Wheeling, West Virginia-based publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, telephone directories, and shoppers guides throughout 18 states. Media properties Colorado Mountain News Media in Gypsum, Colorado Wasatch Mountain News Media in Park City, Utah The Fencepost Company in Greeley, Colorado Acres USA in Austin, Texas Countryside Publications in Medford, Wisconsin Nevada County Publishing Company in Grass Valley, California Publications California Sierra Sun Tahoe.com The Union Colorado Aspen Times in Aspen, Colorado Craig Press in Craig, Colorado Citizen Telegram in Rifle, Colorado Eagle Valley Enterprise in Eagle, Colorado Fence Post in Greeley, Colorado Glenwood Springs Post Independent in Glenwood Springs, Colorado Sky-Hi News in Granby, Colorado Steamboat Pilot & Today in Steamboat Springs, Colorado Snowmass Sun in Snowmass Village, Colorado Summit Daily News in Frisco, Colorado Vail Daily in Vail, Colorado Nebraska Nebraska Fence Post Nevada Tahoe Daily Tribune South Dakota Farmer & Rancher Exchange Tri-State Livestock News Utah Park Record Newspaper sales, closures & cutbacks In late 2008, Colorado Mountain News Media, a subsidiary of Swift, reduced their staff by 20% through attrition, retirement & layoffs, shuttering numerous small town papers. Swift has consolidated many newspapers and closed many others: Summit County Journal in Frisco, Colorado (no longer published) Leadville Chronicle in Leadville, Colorado (no longer published) Northern Colorado Tribune (no longer published) La Tribuna in Greeley, Colorado (no longer published) was named "best weekly in the country" in 2006 but was merged with the now defunct Greeley Now newspaper for not being "economically viable" in early 2008. Windsor Tribune in Windsor, Colorado (no longer published) Grand Junction Free Press in Grand Junction, Colorado (no longer published) Vail Trail in Vail, Colorado (no longer published) Valley Journal in Carbondale, Colorado (no longer published) Fort Collins Now (formerly Fort Collins Weekly) in Fort Collins, Colorado (no longer published) Middle Park Times in Kremmling, Colorado (no longer published) Tahoe World in Lake Tahoe, California (no longer published) The News-Review in Roseburg, Oregon was sold to Lotus Media Group in 2015. The Nevada Appeal, the Lahontan Valley News, The Record-Courier and Northern Nevada Business View were sold to Pacific Publishing Company in 2019. Greeley Tribune was sold to MediaNews Group (MNG)