Layoffs hit Alaska Dispatch News newsroom
Nearly a dozen newsroom employees have been laid off, including two long-time fixtures of Alaska journalism.
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What’s next for the Alaska Dispatch News
Alaska’s largest newspaper has a new owner. A federal bankruptcy judge approved the sale on Monday of the Alaska Dispatch News to the Fairbanks-based Binkley…
If the Binkleys won’t buy the ADN’s printing presses, the feds say they should be liquidated sooner than later
The U.S. Trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of the Alaska Dispatch News is worried that more than $21 million in unpaid debt will unpaid without intervention from the courts.
Judge drops Palin’s libel lawsuit against the New York Times
The judge found there was plenty wrong with the Times’ editorial, but not quite enough to prove libel.
FAGAN: What will the Alaska media landscape look like if the ADN fails?
What a pleasant surprise it was last week to get a call from my old friend James “Little Jimmy” Lottsfeldt. I’ve always had a special…
Court approves transfer of ADN to Binkleys, but closure still a ‘distinct possibility’
The Binkley group will get control of the paper as they prepare for a potential bankruptcy sale in three weeks.
Binkley family may shut down the ADN if “numbers just won’t work,” latest filing says
The deal is being structured so the Binkleys can take on the paper without $2.5 million in debt owed by the ADN, and that’s not going over well with the creditors.
ADN lost $4 million in first half of this year and other news on Alaska’s largest paper
The financial picture of the state’s largest newspaper is getting more and more grim.
Alaska Dispatch News announces Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Binkleys in as publishers
The owners are the children of Fairbanks businessman and rumored Republican gubernatorial candidate John Binkley.
Friday Night in the Sun (August 8): ADN extra
Today’s surprise revelation that GCI is suing to evict Alaska’s biggest newspaper from its old building was so dramatic, a few extra things shook loose….