Online News Outlet Alaska Dispatch Buys Legacy Competitor Anchorage Daily News
Online news has certainly come a long way from the early days of the Internet when many were skeptical of the credibility of online-only news operations.
The recent announcement that the Alaska Dispatch, a born and bred, online-only news operation, will buy the McClatchy-owned Anchorage Daily News, Alaska’s largest daily newspaper, sent more than a few ripples through the news industry.
Tony Hopfinger, who is the executive editor and president who co-founded the Alaska Dispatch in 2008 told the Associated Press, “This is a chance for us to get even more reporters on the ground and do more journalism.”
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