{"id":108495,"date":"2015-11-02T17:49:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T00:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ballantine-communications-launches-dgo-in-durango-area\/"},"modified":"2015-11-02T17:49:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T00:49:18","slug":"ballantine-communications-launches-dgo-in-durango-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ballantine-communications-launches-dgo-in-durango-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballantine Communications launches DGO in Durango area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The first issue of DGO magazine, published by Ballantine Communications Inc., features Ashley Edwards of the band Hello Dollface.<\/span>Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Durangoans have noticed a new publication appeared this week on the streets. After a year of planning, Ballantine Communications Inc. launched on Thursday a Halloween-focused first issue of DGO, a free, weekly arts and entertainment magazine in both print and online.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw this as filling a void in the community, especially aimed directly at the younger people,\u201d DGO editor David Holub said. \u201cOur goal is to keep readers surprised from page to page.\u201d<\/p>\n

DGO has a full-time staff writer, Raychel Johnson, who recently joined the magazine after working as a music reporter at Standard-Examiner in Ogden, Utah.<\/p>\n

Features and commentary will keep locals updated on all the entertainment, events, arts, food, drink and marijuana news in Durango. Readers can find interviews with local musical talent and an inclusive events calendar within DGO, which can be found at about 80 locations around La Plata County. DGO\u2019s first issue includes a cover story on Ashley Edwards of the popular local band Hello Dollface, as well as an interview with Skull Theory, whose members speak about being a hard rock band in a town that loves bluegrass.<\/p>\n

Ballantine Communications CEO Doug Bennett said the magazine targets millennials by offering a free publication with a strong online component, www. DGOmag.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis publication is not about news,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cIt\u2019s about what\u2019s going on in Durango. I\u2019m excited that we\u2019re going to be writing a lot about marijuana, microbreweries and music \u2013 the things that impact our audience. We want to be snarky when appropriate. We want to have an opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

DGO is launching with five contributors, including an expert on marijuana, a beer correspondent from local brewery Ska Brewing, two Fort Lewis College student columnists and music guru and KDUR station manager Bryant Liggett.<\/p>\n

Holub sees the new publication as \u201cpeacefully existing\u201d alongside other free local publications, because DGO will be heavily focused in its coverage of Durango\u2019s entertainment and nightlife.<\/p>\n

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