The Alaska Dispatch News might be in bankruptcy, but owner Alice Rogoff, the estranged wife of one of the country’s richest men, apparently still has access to more cash than most working […]
Cash-only please
ADN downsizing
Employees of Alaska Dispatch News next victims of bankruptcy
Call the Navy
Referencing the Aleutian War campaign of the 1940s, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is trying to leverage a new U.S. Navy base in the 49th state out of the crisis in North Korea. […]
Reporting matters
Commentary In one short post at craigmedred.news, Pete Snow raises an interesting point everybody seems to be missing in the discussion of these times about journalism bad, good and dying. “Craig, […]
No gas guv
The first day of September came and went with nary a peep out of the office of Alaska Gov. Bill Walker as to the fate of his beloved Alaska natural gas […]
Lost in weeds
On the outside, all looks fine for Alaska’s largest news organization. The website ADN.com keeps on keeping on. The commenters still gravitate there en masse to call each other names. The Alaska […]
AK Frankenfish?
The sockeye salmon dipnetted from the mouth of the Kenai River two years ago was but an oddity until it wasn’t. Deformed fish seldom survive in the wild, but somehow this one […]
ADN buys time
The broad smiles flashing on the faces of the family Binkley outside a courtroom in Anchorage on Monday were reminiscent of those brightening the staff of an internet startup called AlaskaDispatch.com only […]
Prestidigitabias
Commentary In these times, when Americans daily parse the media for any sign of political bias, it is hard to know what to make of the Alaska Dispatch News headlining “Ben Stevens, […]
Thank you Alice
Commentary With Alaska’s largest newspaper today bankrupt and frightfully close to the verge of disappearing forever from the scene, there are a lot of people lining up to bash owner and publisher […]
