Juneau Empire

Daily newspaper in Juneau, Alaska

Juneau Empire

The Juneau Empire newspaper headquarters in Alaska on June 18, 2019

Type| Biweekly newspaper
Format| Broadsheet
Owner(s)| Sound Publishing
Founder(s)| John Franklin Alexander Strong
Publisher| David Rigas
Editor| Mark Sabbatini
Staff writers| Clarise Larson, Jonson Kuhn
Founded| November 2, 1912
Language| English
Headquarters| 8800 Glacier Highway Suite 219
Juneau, AK 99801
United States
Circulation| 1,595 Wednesday
1,802 Saturday (as of 2023)[1]
OCLC number| 9611310
Website| JuneauEmpire.com

The Juneau Empire is a newspaper in Juneau, Alaska, United States. It publishes Wednesdays and Saturdays.

## History[edit]

The newspaper was founded on November 2, 1912, as the Alaska Daily Empire.[2] It was founded by John Franklin Alexander Strong, who would later be the second territorial governor of Alaska.[3]

In 1969, Morris Communications bought the newspaper.[2]

The paper laid off five employees, three people in the business office and two graphic designers, in September 2015. Several newspaper offices were also consolidated into one location in Anchorage.[4]

In 2017, Morris Communications sold its newspapers to GateHouse Media.[5] In 2018, GateHouse sold its Alaska papers to Sound Publications.[6]

A staff photographer and a sports reporter were laid off in January 2020.[7]

On May 3, 2023, the Juneau Empire reduced its print frequency from five days a week to two. The paper has also shifted print production to a facility in Lakewood, Washington[8] and decreasing subscription prices 15-25%.[9] The press, a Goss Community Offset originally installed in 1986, has since been dismantled and shipped to Seattle for storage.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Sound Publishing Media Kit 2023" (PDF). soundpublishing.com. April 1, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
2. ^ a b "RECOGNIZING THE JUNEAU EMPIRE CENTENNIAL". Congressional Record. November 14, 2012. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
3. ^ a b Larson, Clarise (April 28, 2023). "Empire prints its last paper in Juneau". Juneau Empire. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
4. ^ Phu, Lisa Phu (September 21, 2015). "Juneau Empire to lay off 5 employees, consolidate with other newspapers". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
5. ^ "Morris Announces Sale of Publications to Gatehouse Media". Morris Communications. August 9, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
6. ^ Resneck, Jacob (April 11, 2018). "Juneau Empire and Alaska sister papers sold again". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
7. ^ Monteith, Robert (January 9, 2020). "Staff reductions at the Juneau Empire". Juneau Empire. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
8. ^ "Juneau Empire upgrading online coverage, changing print publication days". Juneau Empire. April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
9. ^ Hohenstatt, Ben; Rigas, David (April 16, 2023). "From the editor and publisher". Juneau Empire. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Alaska portal
* Journalism portal

* Official website
* Morris subsidiary profile of the Juneau Empire Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine

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