The Anchorage Daily News is slated to become the Alaska Dispatch News tomorrow (Tuesday), according to a story published over the weekend on the organization’s website.
If you’re going to miss calling the city paper the Anchorage Daily News, tonight might be the night to save a couple of screen shots and hold a little funeral.
Starting Tuesday, the Anchorage Daily News is slated to become the Alaska Dispatch News, according to a story published Sunday on adn.com.
Online visitors can still access the paper’s content using adn.com and alaskadispatch.com, but the two websites are expected to redirect to a single site, according to the article. So how will Alaskans cope with the change?
At a Fred Meyer in town, Yvonne Brown says she’s not in favor of scrapping the paper’s name.
“I think they should leave it. I like Anchorage Daily News better, because it’s been that way since day one,” Brown says.
For Sara Reubenowitz, the blending of names is emblematic of blending the two media organizations.
“I like the Dispatch. I’ve liked it a lot. And I think it’ll add a good addition to the Daily News.”
The change comes nearly three months after newspaper’s publisher announced the $34 million sale of the Anchorage Daily News to a local online startup, the Alaska Dispatch.
Editor Tony Hopfinger declined a request for an interview about the change until Tuesday.
