The Denver Post, which has been around since 1892, is the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc. and is one of the largest properties within the company's portfolio of 61 daily newspapers, with an average weekday circulation of over 250,000. In 2013, The Denver Post launched The Cannabist to cater to the area’s vibrant marijuana culture. In 1987, MediaNews bought The Denver Post from the Times Mirror Co., which had bought the paper from founder Frederick Gilmer Bonfils' heirs in 1980. The paper is founded in 1892 by supporters of Grover Cleveland as The Evening Post to publicize political ideals and stem the number of Colorado Democrats leaving the party. Following the bust of silver prices in 1893, the country and Colorado went into a depression and The Evening Post suspended publication in August 1893. A new group of owners with similar political ambitions raised $100,000 and resurrected the paper in June 1894. On October 28, 1895, Harry Heye Tammen, former bartender and owner of a curio and souvenir shop, and Frederick Gilmer Bonfils, a Kansas City real estate and lottery operator, purchased the Evening Post for $12,500. Neither had newspaper experience, but they were adept at the business of promotion and finding out what people wanted to read. Through the use of sensationalism, editorialism, and "flamboyant circus journalism", a new era began for the Post. Circulation grew and eventually passed the other three daily papers combined. On November 3, 1895 the paper's was name changed to Denver Evening Post. On January 1, 1901 the word "Evening" was dropped from the name and the paper became The Denver Post.