 After a continued rivalry between Denver 's two main newspapers , the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News , the papers merged operations in 2001 under a Joint Operating Agreement which formed the Denver Newspaper Agency until February 2009 when E. W. Scripps Company , the owner of the Rocky Mountain News closed the paper . There are also several alternative or localized newspapers published in Denver , including the Westword and Out Front Colorado . Denver is home to multiple regional magazines such as 5280 , which takes its name from the city 's mile @-@ high ( 5 @,@ 280 feet or 1 @,@ 609 meters ) elevation . 
