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04-09-2014, 02:56 AM
Alaska's Largest Newspaper to Merge With Web Rival
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Alaska Dis***** Publishing, owner of digital news magazine*Alaska Dis*****, has agreed to buy the Anchorage Daily News*from The McClatchy Company for $34 million.
The deal will unite the most well-read Alaskan website with its largest newspaper (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alaska-dis*****-publishing-llc-to-purchase-anchorage-daily-news-254423451.html).*McClatchy, a media conglomerate that owns 30 newspapers, has held an ownership stake in the paper since 1979.
See also: U.S. Adults Spend 11 Hours Per Day With Digital Media (http://mashable.com/2014/03/05/american-digital-media-hours/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Pat Talamantes, McClatchy's president and CEO, said bringing the newspaper under local ownership would be advantageous
"The Anchorage Daily News is a profitable newspaper that makes us proud journalistically," Talamantes said*in*an Anchorage Daily News report (http://www.adn.com/2014/04/08/3415599/alaska-dis*****-to-buy-anchorage.html).*"We weren't looking to sell the Daily News, but after Alaska Dis***** Publishing approached us, we saw advantages to local ownership in this case, and opportunities for consolidation that would strengthen both news organizations." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/08/alaska-paper-bought-by-blog/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Alaska Dis***** Publishing, owner of digital news magazine*Alaska Dis*****, has agreed to buy the Anchorage Daily News*from The McClatchy Company for $34 million.
The deal will unite the most well-read Alaskan website with its largest newspaper (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alaska-dis*****-publishing-llc-to-purchase-anchorage-daily-news-254423451.html).*McClatchy, a media conglomerate that owns 30 newspapers, has held an ownership stake in the paper since 1979.
See also: U.S. Adults Spend 11 Hours Per Day With Digital Media (http://mashable.com/2014/03/05/american-digital-media-hours/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Pat Talamantes, McClatchy's president and CEO, said bringing the newspaper under local ownership would be advantageous
"The Anchorage Daily News is a profitable newspaper that makes us proud journalistically," Talamantes said*in*an Anchorage Daily News report (http://www.adn.com/2014/04/08/3415599/alaska-dis*****-to-buy-anchorage.html).*"We weren't looking to sell the Daily News, but after Alaska Dis***** Publishing approached us, we saw advantages to local ownership in this case, and opportunities for consolidation that would strengthen both news organizations." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/08/alaska-paper-bought-by-blog/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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