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. […]
Call the Navy
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 […]
The future?
While a federal bankruptcy court judge is trying to decide how to help a family of Fairbanks entrepreneurs save the Anchorage newspaper – Alaska’s largest – an iconic newspaper on the other […]
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 […]
Go ask Alice….
When Alaska Dispatch News owner Alice Rogoff cut a complicated deal to transfer her bankrupt newspaper to the Binkley Company a little over a week ago, a couple of pieces […]
Newspaper hangs on
With time clicking down on a plan offered by a fifth-generation Alaska family to save the state’s largest newspaper, a gaggle of lawyers representing a small mob of creditors were back […]
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 […]
News lives for now
Anchorage’s paper boys and motor carriers will roll for at least another week or two. After a twisted, tangled, three-hour journey through the finances of the near-broke Alaska Dispatch News, federal […]
Newspaper death watch
This is a developing story The prospective new owners of the Alaska Dispatch News are warning a federal bankruptcy court judge that the state’s largest newspaper and news site – ADN.com – […]
Tough neighborhood
The difficult business of trying to take a newspaper through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization will begin in Anchorage, AK today with a simple task – get the paperboys paid. A newspaper […]
