Juneau Empire

The newspaper was founded on November 2, 1912, as the Alaska Daily Empire. It was founded by John Franklin Alexander Strong, who would later be the second territorial governor of Alaska.{{Cite web |last=Larson |first=Clarise |date=2023-04-28 |title=Empire prints its last paper in Juneau |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/empire-prints-its-last-paper-in-juneau/ |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Juneau Empire |language=en-US}}

In 1969, Morris Communications bought the newspaper.{{cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r112:S14NO2-0024:/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217143034/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r112:S14NO2-0024:/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 17, 2013 |title=RECOGNIZING THE JUNEAU EMPIRE CENTENNIAL |work=Congressional Record |date=November 14, 2012 |access-date=February 1, 2013 }}

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.{{Cite web |last=Phu |first=Lisa Phu |date=2015-09-21 |title=Juneau Empire to lay off 5 employees, consolidate with other newspapers |url=https://alaskapublic.org/2015/09/21/juneau-empire-to-lay-off-5-employees-consolidate-with-other-newspapers/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Alaska Public Media |language=en-US}}

In 2017, Morris Communications sold its newspapers to GateHouse Media.{{Cite web| title = Morris Announces Sale of Publications to Gatehouse Media.| work = Morris Communications| access-date = 2018-02-19| date = 2017-08-09| url = http://www.morris.com/content/morris-announces-sale-of-publications-to-gatehouse-media/}} In 2018, GateHouse sold its Alaska papers to Sound Publications.{{Cite web| last = Resneck | first = Jacob |date=April 11, 2018 | title = Juneau Empire and Alaska sister papers sold again| work = Alaska Public Media| access-date = 2018-10-14| url = https://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/04/11/juneau-empire-and-alaska-sister-papers-sold-again/}}

A staff photographer and a sports reporter were laid off in January 2020.{{Cite web |last=Monteith |first=Robert |date=2020-01-09 |title=Staff reductions at the Juneau Empire |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/opinion/staff-reductions-at-the-juneau-empire/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Juneau Empire |language=en-US}}

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{{Cite web |date=2023-04-16 |title=Juneau Empire upgrading online coverage, changing print publication days |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/juneau-empire-upgrading-online-coverage-changing-print-publication-days/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Juneau Empire |language=en-US}} and decreasing subscription prices 15-25%.{{Cite web |last=Hohenstatt |first=Ben |last2=Rigas |first2=David |date=2023-04-16 |title=From the editor and publisher |url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/from-the-editor-and-publisher/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Juneau Empire |language=en-US}} The press, a Goss Community Offset originally installed in 1986, has since been dismantled and shipped to Seattle for storage.

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• {{Official website|http://www.juneauempire.com}}
• [http://www.morris.com/divisions/morris_publishing_group/daily_newspapers/juneau.shtml Morris subsidiary profile of the Juneau Empire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205070615/http://www.morris.com/divisions/morris_publishing_group/daily_newspapers/juneau.shtml |date=2012-02-05 }}

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