The owners of the Denver Post have fallen further behind on their rent payments at a building owned by the city of Denver, and the newspaper owners now owe the city of Denver nearly $3 million in back rent and penalties for non-payment, CBS News Colorado learned on Friday.

Newly released documents show the city is taking multiple steps to reduce the financial damage being absorbed by the city.

CBS Colorado reported last month that DP Media Network LLC had stopped paying its rent in August for space at the Denver Post building at the corner of Broadway and Colfax Avenue. The city of Denver bought the building in 2024 for just under $89 million and assumed the Denver Post lease.

On Friday, responding to a Colorado Open Records Act request from CBS, Denver's Department of Finance s

See Full Page