Shrinking Ink: Alaska Newspapers Cut Back on Printed Editions

“Such as you, we love the printed newspaper. However the actuality is that just about all readers clearly favor to learn the information on-line,” Binkley writes. “It is a strategic choice aimed toward our long-term sustainability.”

Established in 1946, ADN had printed seven day by day editions every week since including Sundays in 1965. By 2017, below earlier possession, the corporate sought chapter safety. When Binkley took over, the paper in the reduction of to 6 weekly printings, eliminating the Saturday version. On the similar time, ADN’s in-house printing press was idled whereas the paper contracted with Arizona-based Wick Communications, proprietor of the Anchorage Press and the Frontiersman, to make use of its printing plant in Wasilla.

The Juneau Empire has been printed twice weekly since spring 2023. That paper is owned by Washington-based Sound Publishing, which was acquired in March by Mississippi-based Carpenter Media Group. Its earlier Canadian proprietor had filed for chapter.

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