Drew
@andrewbaron.bsky.social
This account is one small voice for exposing what Alden Global Capital is doing to local journalism. See my investigation at https://dembot.net/colorado-journalism-culture-shift/ Me: Arts & internet culture. Portfolio → https://drewbaron.com
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@andrewbaron.bsky.social
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Regarding the journalistic fraud that defines the @denverpost.com under Alden Global Capital, why should I personally have standing to bring a Colorado Consumer Protection Act claim? dembot.net/ccpa-2025cv11/
It’s interesting to watch how Trump sometimes sets aside the law to prosecute people who attempt to hold him accountable the way TV influencer Kyle Clark sometimes sets aside journalism to attack people who attempt to hold him accountable. They shouldn’t do that even once. #coleg #copolitics
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
It’s interesting to watch how Trump sometimes sets aside the law to prosecute people who attempt to hold him accountable the way TV influencer Kyle Clark sometimes sets aside journalism to attack people who attempt to hold him accountable. They shouldn’t do that even once. #coleg #copolitics
After others wrote off Boulder Weekly, presenting a story of factual demise and has-been, @boulderweekly.bsky.social is expected to live on. Via boulderweekly.com/content-arch... #Boulder
December 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
After others wrote off Boulder Weekly, presenting a story of factual demise and has-been, @boulderweekly.bsky.social is expected to live on. Via boulderweekly.com/content-arch... #Boulder
Alden Global Capital, under the guise of their department PRAIRIE MOUNTAIN PUBLISHING
COMPANY for The Daily Camera in #Boulder, all of which I’ve sued because they are heavily engaged in consumer fraud, filed a new, 2nd lawsuit against OpenAI & Microsoft this week. #coleg #copolitics
Complaint:
COMPANY for The Daily Camera in #Boulder, all of which I’ve sued because they are heavily engaged in consumer fraud, filed a new, 2nd lawsuit against OpenAI & Microsoft this week. #coleg #copolitics
Complaint:
dembot.net
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Alden Global Capital, under the guise of their department PRAIRIE MOUNTAIN PUBLISHING
COMPANY for The Daily Camera in #Boulder, all of which I’ve sued because they are heavily engaged in consumer fraud, filed a new, 2nd lawsuit against OpenAI & Microsoft this week. #coleg #copolitics
Complaint:
COMPANY for The Daily Camera in #Boulder, all of which I’ve sued because they are heavily engaged in consumer fraud, filed a new, 2nd lawsuit against OpenAI & Microsoft this week. #coleg #copolitics
Complaint:
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Excited by the launch of Petaluma Voice! Former Argus Courier reporter Crissy Pascual leads the effort - a great reporter. This is exactly what we need after the "Destroyer of Newspapers," Alden Global Capital, swept through Sonoma County. petaluma-voice.monkeypod.io/give/support... #Media #News
Support Petaluma Voice | Petaluma Voice
Petaluma Voice, an independent, locally-operated nonprofit newsroom, needs your support to launch!...
petaluma-voice.monkeypod.io
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Excited by the launch of Petaluma Voice! Former Argus Courier reporter Crissy Pascual leads the effort - a great reporter. This is exactly what we need after the "Destroyer of Newspapers," Alden Global Capital, swept through Sonoma County. petaluma-voice.monkeypod.io/give/support... #Media #News
This is a photo of an incredibly efficient commuter train I rode near Pompeii yesterday called a funicular. It has two cars connected by a single cable. When the car at the top begins to descend the mountain, it acts as a counterweight and pulls the other car up. 1/
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is a photo of an incredibly efficient commuter train I rode near Pompeii yesterday called a funicular. It has two cars connected by a single cable. When the car at the top begins to descend the mountain, it acts as a counterweight and pulls the other car up. 1/
Regarding the journalistic fraud that defines the @denverpost.com under Alden Global Capital, why should I personally have standing to bring a Colorado Consumer Protection Act claim? dembot.net/ccpa-2025cv11/
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Regarding the journalistic fraud that defines the @denverpost.com under Alden Global Capital, why should I personally have standing to bring a Colorado Consumer Protection Act claim? dembot.net/ccpa-2025cv11/
In my lawsuit against Alden Global, not only do Heath Freeman & Randall Smith lie in court with the use of estoppel, their ruthless lawyers Steven Zansberg & Mike Beylkin don’t care about the truth & believe that the truth doesn’t matter. Stay away from Alden’s newspapers, they are evil to people.
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
In my lawsuit against Alden Global, not only do Heath Freeman & Randall Smith lie in court with the use of estoppel, their ruthless lawyers Steven Zansberg & Mike Beylkin don’t care about the truth & believe that the truth doesn’t matter. Stay away from Alden’s newspapers, they are evil to people.
Vince Bzdek, an editor at the Denver Gazette, a far-right political outlet that operates without even a basic ethics policy, is not a journalistic fraud in the same serious way as his reporter Christopher Osher, because Bzdek does not meaningfully claim to uphold legitimate journalistic principles.
Congress cracks down on intoxicating hemp, but high-potency pot products get a free pass┃Vince Bzdek
Buried deep in the bill to reopen the government was a little Easter egg: a ban on all intoxicating hemp products nationwide. Hemp-derived cannabinoids recently reached a total of $28.4 billion in ann...
https://www.denvergazette.com/2025/11/15/congress-cracks-down-on-intoxicating-hemp-but-high-potency-pot-products-get-a-free-pass┃vince-bzdek/
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Vince Bzdek, an editor at the Denver Gazette, a far-right political outlet that operates without even a basic ethics policy, is not a journalistic fraud in the same serious way as his reporter Christopher Osher, because Bzdek does not meaningfully claim to uphold legitimate journalistic principles.
New post on my legal case against Heath Freeman and Randall Smith of Alden Global Capital dembot.net/ccpa-2025cv11/
CCPA 2025CV11 – Dembot
dembot.net
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New post on my legal case against Heath Freeman and Randall Smith of Alden Global Capital dembot.net/ccpa-2025cv11/
Alden Global's Denver Post is still not paying rent to the city. Now Denver has taken action under a contractual clause that allows them to collect all rent from any tenants in the building. DP continues to operate, why? It's past time to stop, their terms of service are no longer upheld either.
Denver Post misses 4th month of rent for building bought by city
The newspaper wants Denver to agree to a buyout. The city has stopped making its sublease payments.
businessden.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Alden Global's Denver Post is still not paying rent to the city. Now Denver has taken action under a contractual clause that allows them to collect all rent from any tenants in the building. DP continues to operate, why? It's past time to stop, their terms of service are no longer upheld either.
FYI: CNN is the network that has been driving the Epstein case, without relenting.
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
FYI: CNN is the network that has been driving the Epstein case, without relenting.
Excellent AI event to check out in #Boulder tomorrow on Wednesday evening at CU: Join me on Wed, Nov 12th for 'AI Robotics' - 5:45 PM, CU Boulder meetu.ps/e/PDq92/ltJx... Along with 40 free pizzas 🍕 here is this list of bots on show:
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Excellent AI event to check out in #Boulder tomorrow on Wednesday evening at CU: Join me on Wed, Nov 12th for 'AI Robotics' - 5:45 PM, CU Boulder meetu.ps/e/PDq92/ltJx... Along with 40 free pizzas 🍕 here is this list of bots on show:
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Reporters Without Borders names Alden Global Capital a 2025 "press freedom predator," along with Putin, Musk, Mohammed bin Salman and other enemies of independent journalism. Alden owns The Denver Post, Daily Camera, Greeley Tribune and other Colorado news outlets.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reporters Without Borders names Alden Global Capital a 2025 "press freedom predator," along with Putin, Musk, Mohammed bin Salman and other enemies of independent journalism. Alden owns The Denver Post, Daily Camera, Greeley Tribune and other Colorado news outlets.
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BRL is growing: As Alden Global Capital continues the death squeeze on the now practically irrelevant Daily Camera newspaper in #Boulder, the non profit Boulder Reporting Lab noted today that their emails are reaching roughly half of all people in the town boulderreportinglab.org/jobs/
Join our team at Boulder Reporting Lab!
Journalism jobs at Boulder Reporting Lab, our county's new nonprofit newsroom.
boulderreportinglab.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
BRL is growing: As Alden Global Capital continues the death squeeze on the now practically irrelevant Daily Camera newspaper in #Boulder, the non profit Boulder Reporting Lab noted today that their emails are reaching roughly half of all people in the town boulderreportinglab.org/jobs/
With control over of @denverpost.com Alden Global Capital stopped paying rent to the city, owes $2M
"It is a large amount of income for the city, and if we cannot recover that, we will have to turn around and find more budget cuts," said Denver City Councilwoman Sarah Parady. #Boulder #Denver 1/
"It is a large amount of income for the city, and if we cannot recover that, we will have to turn around and find more budget cuts," said Denver City Councilwoman Sarah Parady. #Boulder #Denver 1/
Denver budget woes deepen as major leaseholder stops paying $650,000 in monthly rent
The city of Denver's largest tenant stopped making its monthly $650,000 rent payments to the city in August and with late charges, the leaseholder is now about $2 million behind in rent, according to ...
www.cbsnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
With control over of @denverpost.com Alden Global Capital stopped paying rent to the city, owes $2M
"It is a large amount of income for the city, and if we cannot recover that, we will have to turn around and find more budget cuts," said Denver City Councilwoman Sarah Parady. #Boulder #Denver 1/
"It is a large amount of income for the city, and if we cannot recover that, we will have to turn around and find more budget cuts," said Denver City Councilwoman Sarah Parady. #Boulder #Denver 1/
Now comes this article from the journal at #Duke. Every student and faculty member at Duke should read this as it’s a window into what’s actually being taught there.
‘Vulture’ hedge fund accused of hollowing out local journalism is funding a Duke Athletics field
Alden Global Capital — a hedge fund co-founded and led by Duke alum Heath Freeman, Trinity ‘02 — has built a reputation of carrying out "nickel-and-dime” cost cuts at newsrooms across the nation. But ...
dukechronicle.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Now comes this article from the journal at #Duke. Every student and faculty member at Duke should read this as it’s a window into what’s actually being taught there.
Duke University @dukeuni.bsky.social has adopted Alden Global Capital & Heath Freeman’s deceptive, destructive spirit for democracy with American transportation, affordable housing & media into their sports program by renaming a preexisting football field, “Freeman Field” 1/
Duke Athletics Announces Naming of Freeman Field Following Transformational Gift - Duke University
Duke Athletics is proud to announce the naming of Freeman Field at Koskinen Stadium , honoring a multi-million dollar gift that will significantly enhance th...
goduke.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Duke University @dukeuni.bsky.social has adopted Alden Global Capital & Heath Freeman’s deceptive, destructive spirit for democracy with American transportation, affordable housing & media into their sports program by renaming a preexisting football field, “Freeman Field” 1/
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If JPMorgan Chase is committed to affordable housing, it should immediately look into how Alden Global and Homes of America have been using the $93 million that Chase lent them and the impact on residents of the 50+ manufactured home parks secured by that mortgage. pestakeholder.org/news/jpmorga...
JPMorgan Chase finances vulture fund’s assault on manufactured housing communities and on affordable housing
JPMorgan Chase is the largest lender to Alden, having made a $93 million mortgage in 2022 secured by more than 50 of these parks.
pestakeholder.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
If JPMorgan Chase is committed to affordable housing, it should immediately look into how Alden Global and Homes of America have been using the $93 million that Chase lent them and the impact on residents of the 50+ manufactured home parks secured by that mortgage. pestakeholder.org/news/jpmorga...
Journalism: This is by far the most important article I’ve read about the real threats to journalism and free speech at this moment. The threats from the administration, combined with corporate selling out from within, put truth in an ever more precarious position.
The Pope calls for journalists to protect the truth - Poynter
The pope told media executives that journalists had a moral duty to protect the truth and continue reporting in the face of misinformation.
www.poynter.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Journalism: This is by far the most important article I’ve read about the real threats to journalism and free speech at this moment. The threats from the administration, combined with corporate selling out from within, put truth in an ever more precarious position.
Stripped for Parts: It seems Randall Smith and Heath Freeman of Alden Global will not be remembered for anything remarkable with finance other than using deception to destroy journalism. The documentary is currently free online. WATCH:
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.
www.pbs.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Stripped for Parts: It seems Randall Smith and Heath Freeman of Alden Global will not be remembered for anything remarkable with finance other than using deception to destroy journalism. The documentary is currently free online. WATCH:
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Alden Global Capital and interests like it have devastated American journalism, and by extension, American democracy. This is important stuff; watch it. www.pbs.org/video/stripp...
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.
www.pbs.org
October 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Alden Global Capital and interests like it have devastated American journalism, and by extension, American democracy. This is important stuff; watch it. www.pbs.org/video/stripp...
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Today, NYCCLC Pres Griffith testified before the City Council on proposed Resolution 1015-2025, condemning Alden Global Capital cuts & managerial hostility towards unionized Daily News staff and calling on the hedge fund to reach a contract deal with the newspaper’s union.
September 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Today, NYCCLC Pres Griffith testified before the City Council on proposed Resolution 1015-2025, condemning Alden Global Capital cuts & managerial hostility towards unionized Daily News staff and calling on the hedge fund to reach a contract deal with the newspaper’s union.