Aurora Sentinel

Infobox Newspaper
name = Aurora Sentinel


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type = Daily and Weekly newspaper
format = Tabloid
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owners = Aurora Publishing Co.
publisher = H. Harrison Cochran
editor = David Perry
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headquarters = 14305 E. Alameda Ave
Suite 200
Aurora, CO 80012
USA
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website = [http://www.aurorasentinel.com/ aurorasentinel.com]

The "Aurora Sentinel" is the brand of newspapers serving the city of Aurora, Colorado. Both a weekly and daily product carry the Sentinel banner, as well as The Buckley Guardian, serving the area's military community.

Newspaper history

In 1971, the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company acquired a group of suburban publications in the Denver area, including the Aurora Star-Sentinel, the successor to an earlier newspaper serving the Aurora community, The Aurora Democrats and News.Published Wednesdays and delivered by newsboys, The Sentinel also had a Friday companion newspaper for some time called the Aurora Sentinel Weekender.In 1991, Cowles Media (formerly Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company) broke up and sold off the Denver suburban chain. Local ownership and control of the Sentinel was established via a partnership including Publisher Karen Sowell Johnson and President H. Harrison Cochran.In 1997, a free, rack-distributed publication -- The Aurora Sun-Sentinel -- was introducted to supplement the paid-subscription Sentinel.In April 2004, Aurora Publishing Co. introduced The Aurora Daily Sun, a five-day-a-week, tabloid-size publication freely distributed through the city. In June 2007 the Daily Sun would adopt the Sentinel brand.