Paul Colford, who covered the media industry for nearly three decades for Newsday and the New York Daily News, has died at the age of 71.
He died Tuesday after heart complications impacted by his 15-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Colford covered the media industry for Newsday from September 1980 to August 2000. He then covered the industry for the Daily News from August 2000 to April 2007.
After that, Colford worked for the Associated Press for a decade as its vice president and chief spokesman.
He was a graduate of St. Peter’s University.
