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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FAGAN: Kingmaker and former ADN publisher Alice Rogoff changed Alaska and America for good
You have to hand it to Alaska Dispatch News owner Alice Rogoff. She put her money on the line and gave it her best shot…
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.
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.
The Midnight Sun Podcast for August 20, 2017
Wow, what a week in politics, both nationally and here at home. Hosts Casey Reynolds and Forrest Dunbar discuss the political fallout from the financial quagmire of Alaska’s paper of record and share our thoughts on the Steve Bannon firing (or was it a resignation?) before getting to our comprehensive discussion of the events in Charlottesville with former local NAACP leader and current Anchorage Human Rights Commission President Wanda Green, Juneau lawyer and ACLU of Alaska board member Paul Grant, and Democrat candidate for Virginia’s 5th congressional district Roger Huffstetler.
Friday in the Sun (Aug. 18): Election rumblings, newspaper woes and Trump to Alaska?
Speculating on rumors and gossip surrounding Alaska politics is a time-honored tradition. It’s time for our weekly trip through the grand, gross, weird, wild and…
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.
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….