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![]() The Juneau Empire newspaper headquarters in Alaska on June 18, 2019 | |
Type | Biweekly newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Sound Publishing |
Founder(s) | John Franklin Alexander Strong |
Editor | Mark Sabbatini |
Staff writers | Jasz Garrett, Klas Stolpe |
Founded | November 2, 1912 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 8800 Glacier Highway Suite 219 Juneau, AK 99801 United States |
Circulation | 1,595 Wednesday 1,802 Saturday(as of 2023) [1] |
OCLC number | 9611310 |
Website | JuneauEmpire.com |
The Juneau Empire is a newspaper in Juneau, Alaska, United States. It publishes Wednesdays and Saturdays.
![]() | This section appears to be slanted towards recent events.(June 2025) |
The newspaper was founded on November 2, 1912, as the Alaska Daily Empire. [2] It was founded by John Franklin Alexander Strong, who would later be the second territorial governor of Alaska. [3]
In 1969, Morris Communications bought the newspaper. [2] 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. [4]
In 2017, Morris Communications sold its newspapers to GateHouse Media. [5] In 2018, GateHouse sold its Alaska papers to Sound Publications. [6] A staff photographer and a sports reporter were laid off in January 2020. [7]
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 [8] and decreasing subscription prices 15-25%. [9] The press, a Goss Community Offset originally installed in 1986, has since been dismantled and shipped to Seattle for storage. [3]
In June 2025, the paper's editor Mark Sabbatini resigned and the company said he would not be replaced. Instead, the Empire was to be edited/managed remotely from Kenai. [10] Sabbatini then launched a rival news site called the Juneau Independent. [11] Soon nearly all newsroom staff at the Empire left to work at the Independent. [12]