Steamboat Pilot & Today

The Steamboat Pilot & Today is an American newspaper serving Routt County, Colorado and owned by Swift Communications. The Steamboat Pilot & Today is a free tabloid published daily.^[2]

Steamboat Pilot & Today

Front page on Sunday June 14, 2009.
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Swift Communications
Editor	Lisa Schlictman (2013 to 2021) Brent Boyer (August 2007 to 2013)[1]
Founded	1885 (1885) (Pilot) 1927 (Today)
Headquarters	32 10th Street Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477  United States
Circulation	9,099 (as of 2009)[2]
Sister newspapers	Craig Press
OCLC number	82453875
Website	steamboatpilot.com

As of 2011, The Pilot & Today has been named the top newspaper in its circulation class eight times in nine years by the Colorado Press Association.^[1]

History

Steamboat Pilot was a weekly newspaper established in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and first printed on July 31, 1885, by James Hoyle. It merged with The Routt County Sentinel in 1927, and later with The Oak-Creek Times-Leader in 1944.^[3][4] Jack Kent Cooke acquired the Pilot in 1988.^[5] Steamboat Today was first published as a daily tabloid newspaper on August 21, 1989, as an accompaniment to the Pilot.^[3] In 1994, WorldWest acquired the papers from the Cooke estate. WorldWest was owned by the Simmons family, which also owned the Lawrence Journal-World.^[6]

In 2008, ExploreSteamboat.com, the website of affiliated magazine Explore Steamboat was nominated for the EPpy Awards as Best Regional Magazine-Affiliated Web Site.^[7]

In June 2016, the newspaper was acquired by Swift Communications.^[8]

In May 2024, the paper announced it will cease publishing a print edition on Mondays.^[9]

References

1. Lawrence, Mike (May 13, 2011). "CU journalism alums happily report and edit in Steamboat Springs". University of Colorado at Boulder. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
2. "Steamboat Pilot & Today". Mondo Times. Mondo Code LLC. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
3. About the Pilot & Today from steamboatpilot.com
4. "About Southern Routt County Oak Creek-Yampa times-leader. (Oak Creek, Routt County, Colo.) 1942-1944". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
5. Dee Richards: Steamboat's newswoman
6. Roberts, Gene; Kunkel, Thomas; Layton, Charles, eds. (2001). Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1610752325.
7. "2008 EPpy Award Winners Announced". Mediaweek. May 15, 2008. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
8. "Aspen Times owner acquires papers in Craig and Steamboat". Aspen Times. June 17, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
9. Stewart, Bonnie (2024-05-27). "Bonnie Stewart: Steamboat Pilot & Today to shift print edition schedule starting in June". Steamboat Pilot & Today. Retrieved 2024-05-27.