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Alaska Newspapers, Inc. (ANI) was, until August 2011, the publisher of six weekly Alaska newspapers, a quarterly magazine, and several special publications including a shopper, visitor's guides, and programs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three rural Alaska newspapers find new owners )〕 ANI was founded by Edgar Blatchford in 1983 with the purchase of the Seward Phoenix Log.〔(GE Winter2000 )〕 In 1990, the Tundra Drums was added to the company's portfolio in a partnership with Calista Corporation, an Alaska Native Regional Corporation created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. ANI has its headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska and is currently a majority-owned subsidiary of Calista. ==Newspapers== Alaska Newspapers, Inc. (ANI), published six weekly newspapers serving Bush Alaska. As of August 2011, all of these newspapers had been sold or were in the process of being sold to new owners. The ''Arctic Sounder'', the ''Bristol Bay Times'' and the ''Dutch Harbor Fisherman'' were sold to new publishers Jason Evans and Kiana Peacock.〔 The ''Seward Phoenix Log'' and the ''Tundra Drums'' were sold to Edgar Blatchford. The Cordova Times was sold to Jennifer Gibbins, who was editor of the paper for the last year. * ''(Arctic Sounder )'', serving the Northwest Arctic Borough and the North Slope Borough; * ''(Bristol Bay Times )'' serving the Bristol Bay communities of Dillingham, King Salmon, Naknek, and surrounding villages. * ''(Cordova Times )'' serving Cordova and Prince William Sound. * ''(Dutch Harbor Fisherman )'' serving communities in the Aleutians and Pribilofs. * ''(Seward Phoenix Log )'' serving the eastern Kenai Peninsula communities of Seward, Moose Pass, and Cooper Landing. * ''(Tundra Drums )'' serving Bethel and other villages on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. ANI formerly published three additional newspapers, the ''Anchorage Chronicle,'' the ''Valdez Vanguard'' and ''The Bering Strait Record''. The ''Anchorage Chronicle'', a general-interest weekly newspaper serving Anchorage, began publication in 2001, but shut down in 2004 due to its failure in the highly competitive Anchorage market to gain enough subscriptions or rack sales to entice advertisers. The ''Valdez Vanguard,'' a weekly newspaper serving Valdez, was sold in 2003 to its competitor, the Valdez Star. ''The Bering Strait Record'' was founded in Nome, Alaska in 1997, but was closed by publisher Chris Casati in 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alaska Newspapers, Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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