In a sign of the times, former Alaska gubernatorial candidate Mike Dunleavy took to Facebook “Live” on Thursday to reveal he is once again in the Republican primary race for the office […]
Facebook state
The fall of Rogoff
The implosion of Alaska’s largest newspaper is old news now, but the story of the rise and fall of Alice Rogoff and her dream to create a media empire in the 49th […]
Forhidden news
Commentary The Talkeetna Bachelor Society auction got raucous and a little raunchy over the weekend on the way to raising more than $23,000 for its Fund for Women and Children in Crisis. The […]
Own history
Some of the assets of the bankrupt and now-gone Alaska Dispatch News – which once claimed it had no assets – are up for sale. From 5 until 7 p.m. today and […]
Nothing news
Commentary Dexter is safe, and it’s time for someone to ask the obvious: “What the hell just happened here? Was this news or a distraction from news?” Dexter, in case you […]
Empire lost
The woman who once thought she could own the news in the north was back in federal Bankruptcy Court in Anchorage on Thursday acting dazed and confused. Gone were the […]
Arctic Wow!
The strange and tangled tale of the Alaska Dispatch News, the 49th state’s largest news organization, just keeps getting stranger. As the Binkley family of Fairbanks was buying the newspaper and the website […]
Old News new?
Fresh out of bankruptcy, the Alaska Dispatch News appears to be getting ready to distance itself from former and failed publisher Alice Rogoff at the same time she is making a bid […]
Journalism’s problem
Commentary Once the artists of their day painted on the walls of caves, and art was worth nothing. This is the problem journalism faces in the Age of the Internet. Most journalism […]
Yosemite Alice
Quite possibly Alice Rogoff’s flirtation with Alaska journalism was destined from the beginning to end badly, though no ever really expected a woman on a $5 million per year allowance to take […]
