The Anchorage Daily News is Alaska's largest newspaper.  We have more
than 500 employees in a variety of positons including editorial,
production, advertising sales and design, customer service,
circulation, online media, and more.

The Anchorage Daily News offers a comprehensive employee health and
welfare plan including medical, dental, and vision insurance, an
Employee Assistance Program, life insurance, paid vacations and paid
sick leave.  We also help you plan for the future with a 401K plan,
Flexible Spending Accounts, and company paid pension plan.

The history of the Anchorage Daily News tells a story of perseverance
and public service. 

The first publisher of the Daily News was Norman Brown.  On January 13,
1946, volume 1, number 1 of the weekly Anchorage News rolled off the
old Linotype hand-fed press from type set by hand. That first edition
was 16 tabloid-sized pages, and while early editions were sold on the
newsstands and distributed through the post office, there was no home
delivery.  

In May, 1948, the News went from being a weekly newspaper to being a
daily, publishing 6 days a week.  On April 13, 1964, the Daily News
converted from being an afternoon newspaper to being a morning paper.
The change came only two weeks after the Good Friday Earthquake.  The
following year-- on June 13, 1965 -- the Daily News began publishing
Alaska's first Sunday newspaper.  
     
In June of 1967, Larry Fanning, a former San Francisco and Chicago
newspaper editor, purchased controlling interest of the Anchorage Daily
News and took over as publisher.  When Fanning bought the Daily News,
the circulation was 18,000. 

In February, 1971, 56-year old Fanning died of a heart attack in his
Daily News office.  Kay Fanning succeeded her husband as editor and
publisher of the Daily News. 
     
In August, 1974, Kay Fanning and Robert Atwood, owner and publisher of
the Anchorage Times, entered into a joint operating agreement in order
to ease the strain of extremely high operating costs for a newspaper in
Alaska.
     
The 1976 Pulitzer Prize for public service was awarded to the Daily
News for a series of articles collectively called "Empire -- The Alaska
Teamster Story" written by Howard Weaver, Bob Porterfield, and Jim
Babb.  There were eight reporters on the News' 20-person staff.
     
In February, 1977, The Daily News filed suit against the Anchorage
Times, claiming violations of the contract for joint operations of the
two newspapers.  After a counter suit by the Times, and prolonged
arbitration throughout the spring of 1978, the News and Times reached
an out-of-court settlement in September, 1978. Under the terms of the
settlement, the Times would pay a total of $750,000 to the News and
continue printing the News until March 31, 1979. At that time the joint
operating agreement would be dissolved.
     
In January, 1979, McClatchy Newspapers of Sacramento, CA acquired 80
percent ownership of the Daily News.  In February, McClatchy purchased
a $1.1 million building complex on Potter Drive to house the paper. 
Jerry Grilly was recruited from Suncoast Newspapers in Florida to take
over as general manager. 
     
By late 1982, the weekday circulation of the Daily News passed 50,000
and the News became Alaska's largest newspaper. 

In the summer of 1983, Kay Fanning announced she had been named editor
of the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor. Howard Weaver was named
new editor of the Daily News, and Jerry Grilly would direct all
business operations.  The following January, Grilly was named
publisher.
     
Circulation continued to grow, and by the summer of 1984, the News
announced it would purchase land to build a new facility that would
house all of its operations under one roof.  In June, 1986, the Daily
News moved into its new $30 million facility at 1001 Northway Drive.  
     
The Daily News was again honored with the Pulitzer Prize for public
service in 1989. A series called “People in Peril” examined problems of
alcoholism and self-destruction affecting Native Alaskans. Winning a
second Pulitzer was a recognition few newspapers achieve. 
     
After a long, intense battle for circulation and advertising, the
Anchorage Times closed in June, 1992. 
     
In the summer of 1993, publisher Grilly accepted a new position with
McClatchy in Sacramento, Ca.  Fuller Cowell, an Alaskan who had held
several executive positions with McClatchy Newspapers, was named
publisher.

In 1996 the first online version of the Anchorage Daily News was
launched at adn.com.  
     
In 2000, Michael J. Sexton was recruited to replace Cowell as president
and publisher of the Anchorage Daily News.  

In 2001, the Alaska.com website was launched, offering "Everything
Alaska" to local and worldwide audiences.