Alaska
Shrinking Ink: Alaska Newspapers Cut Back on Printed Editions – Alaska Business Magazine
“Like you, we love the printed newspaper. But the reality is that nearly all readers clearly prefer to read the news online,” Binkley writes. “This is a strategic decision aimed at our long-term sustainability.”
Under previous ownership, ADN sought bankruptcy protection. The paper, established in 1946, had printed seven daily editions each week since adding Sundays in 1965, but it cut back to six weekly printings in 2017, eliminating the Saturday edition. At the same time, ADN’s in-house printing press was idled while the paper contracted with Arizona-based Wick Communications, owner of the Anchorage Press and the Frontiersman, to use 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 previous Canadian owner had filed for bankruptcy.