• by Ray Schultz , July 11, 2024

The Anchorage Daily News (ADN) is reducing its print frequency from six days a week to two in an effort to focus more on digital and achieve sustainability. 

Starting the week of July 15, the print newspaper will appear on Sundays and Wednesdays. The digital edition will be published every day except Saturday. 

This decision apparently reflects reader behavior: the website, ADN.com receives almost a million page views each week. And ADN now has 19,000 digital-only subscribers. 

The change will lead to the loss of three jobs in the distribution area. Newsroom staffing will not be affected. 

“Everyone at ADN loves reading and producing a printed paper,” said ADN President and owner Ryan Binkley. “The daily newspaper has been a beloved feature of American life for over a century. But the reality is that our growing readership has overwhelmingly shifted to our online platforms. Like any business, we have to meet our customers where they are, and over 90% of them are online.”