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4:08 PM  Feb. 26, 2009
Rocky Mountain News Reports on Its Own Final Hours
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The Rocky Mountain News, Colorado's oldest continuously operating newspaper, will publish its last print edition tomorrow, Feb. 27, 2009. The Rocky was offered for sale in December. (See a time line of events related to the offering.)

Rocky journalists live blogged and used Twitter to report on the experience of hearing about their paper being shut down. Later, a reporter Tweeted what the Denver Post's Dean Singleton said during a news conference.

Rocky Closure on Twitter
Some tweets include:

It's strange to cover your own funeral.

Newsroom atmosphere: Designers are huddled around white boards, looking at story assignments. Editors are huddled with reporters.

Thank you everyone. It's been fun.

You can follow the discussion within and outside the Rocky on Twitter:

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