Sides in alaska newspaper takeover dispute validity of. A lawyer representing alaska dispatch news publisher alice rogoff who survived a floatplane crash in halibut cove on sunday said shes doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances. Whats this washington insider and billionaires wife doing in alaska. When we at the alaska dispatch say weve come to realize the value of a newspaper in print, you better believe weve come to realize it, the dispatchs owner, alice rogoff, told daily news. Online media company alaska dispatch is buying the. Anchorage ktuu alaska dispatch news publisher alice rogoff faced creditors thursday in anchorage as a bankruptcy court prepares to auction alaskas largest newspaper to the highest bidder. Why the arctic matters with alice rogoff alaska public media. Journalisms broken business model wont be solved by. Anchorage, ak alaska dispatch news publisher alice rogoff survived a plane crash, just south of anchorage sunday evening, as reported by the ap. Alaska dispatch news alaskas largest news site, which in 2014 acquired alaskas largest newspaper, the anchorage daily news, from mcclatchy is filing for bankruptcy but also getting new owners, publisher alice rogoff announced over the weekend.
Sep, 2017 former clinton aide alice rogoff tried and failed to build a newspaper empire in alaska. Online news startup buys anchorage daily news from mcclatchy. News global warming reveals oil, gas and rare metals in the arctic. Alice rogoff took her online webzine arctic today with her when she parted out the the alaska dispatch formerly and now once again the. Ntsb releases adn owners firsthand account of halibut cove. Meanwhile, in bankruptcy court in anchorage, lawyers filed arguments about whether rogoff s personal finances should be examined. Two events happened this week in the life and times of alice rogoff, the oncepublisher of the former alaska dispatch news. Adn publisher doing as well as can be expected after. Alaska dispatch news owner alice rogoff rubenstein has made dramatic changes to the face of news media throughout the 49th state.
Rogoff faces creditors as another potential bidder appears. Like newspapers everywhere, the struggle to make ends meet financially eventually caught up with us. New poll who does more for alaska hugo chavez or alice. Alaska dispatch, a sixyearold website owned and published by alice rogoff, the wife of the billionaire david rubenstein, is buying the 68yearold anchorage daily news from the mcclatchy company. Alaska journal draft complaint prompts mediation in rogoff.
At the gallery, owner proprietor alice rogoff shows off her growing collection of alaskan art. Nov 30, 2018 small business celebration a billionaires wife. Adn owner crashes plane in halibut cove homer news. Mcclatchy to sell anchorage daily news to alaska dispatch. Formerspouse alice rogoff the onetime publisher of the nowdead alaska dispatch news has agreed to drop claims the failed. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the. When alice rogoff bought alaskas largest newspaper from media publishing.
In the summer of 2015, the menu at the rogoff table was fit for a president. Dipatch founder sues current owner rogoff last year in july, hopfinger sued because rogoff stopped payments after the first installment. The transaction placed alaska s largest newspaper under the control of rogoff and the alaska dispatch. This was alice rogoff, 63, wife of billionaire david rubenstein and a former washington business executive turned owner and publisher of alaskas largest newspaper. Alaska dispatch news publisher alice rogoffs cessna 206 in the water at halibut coveunnamed source big fourth of july holiday excitement came early to the tiny community of halibut cove on the tip of alaska kenai peninsula when alice rogoff the owner of alaskas largest newspaper, the wife of one of the countrys richest men and a. Court filings show her lawyers leaning heavily on small businesses to cut a deal, or be prepared to get nothing from rogoff. Alaska dispatch now in chapter 7 to liquidate remaining. The summer of alice rogoffs discontent must read alaska. Judge approves sale of alaska dispatch news to binkley. On the nations last frontier, a battle over the last big. Adn publisher alice rogoff survives plane crash news. Jul 08, 2016 on the nations last frontier, a battle over the last big newspaper. Alice nicole rubenstein is an american newspaper publishing executive, philanthropist, and. Billionaire david rubenstein and his wife have a marital.
When alice rogoff bought alaskas largest newspaper from media publishing chain mcclatchy in 2014, she was making a bullish bet on the state and what she saw as its expanding role in the nascent economy of the far north. This was alice rogoff, 63, wife of billionaire david rubenstein and a. Checkout the podcast on alaska public media by clicking here. Alaskas largest news site which previously bought alaska. Rogoff became the majority owner of the alaska dispatch in 2008.
Sep 12, 2017 a bankruptcy court judge approved monday the sale of alaska dispatch news, the states largest newspaper from alice rogoff to the binkley family of fairbanks. Sides in alaska newspaper takeover dispute validity of napkin. Alice rogoff, publisher of the onlineonly alaska dispatch, said the deal was meant to serve alaskans, many of whom still read a print newspaper. Owner alice rogoff, meantime, faced her creditors for the first time in the bankruptcy proceedings at a. On the nations last frontier, a battle over the last big newspaper. Former alaska dispatch news owner alice rogoff leaves federal bankruptcy court in anchorage sept. Trial begins in cocktail napkin lawsuit between former. Publisher of the alaska dispatch, an online news group based in anchorage. How alaskas largest newspaper went bankrupt columbia. Pity poor alice rogoff, the one time owner of the anchorage daily news cum alaska dispatch news cum. Rogoff flew the aircraft and was the sole passenger in the floatplane. Sep 08, 2017 with alaska s largest newspaper on the auction block, a new potential bidder has appeared. Alice rogoff is the former owner and publisher of alaska dispatch news.
Rogoff is publisher and owner of alaskadispatch publishing, which is acquiring the anchorage daily news. Online media company alaska dispatch is buying the anchorage. Any chance to reorganize alice rogoffs remaining alaska dispatch newspaper holdings after the chapter 11 bankruptcy filing was deemed at. The midnight sun podcast february 26 in our february 26 episode, casey reynolds and forrest dunbar discuss our takeaways from the legislatures town hall style anchorage caucus meetings on saturday. A federal bankruptcy judge approved the sale on monday of the alaska dispatch news to the fairbanksbased binkley guest editorials september 4, 2017 fagan.
On thursday, ntsb released new details on the july 2016 crashing of a small airplane piloted by alaska dispatch news publisher alice rogoff. Billionaire david rubensteins wife broke alaskasized. Rogoff purchased a majority stake in the alaska dispatch website from. Coldsmoked king salmon lox, razor clams, matsu lettuce, koyukuk moose hunted by alice, and berries picked by alice. Alaska journal rubenstein wants agreement with exwife. A bankruptcy court judge today approved the sale of alaska dispatch news, the states largest newspaper from alice rogoff to the binkley family of fairbanks. Apr 08, 2014 alice rogoff, publisher of the onlineonly alaska dispatch, said the deal was meant to serve alaskans, many of whom still read a print newspaper. Alaska dispatch publisher alice rogoff discusses why the arctic matters at an alaska world affairs council lecture recorded may 2, 2014. Oct 19, 2017 but the story of alice rogoff and the alaska dispatch news is a cautionary tale that shows the limits of what a wealthy owner is willing, or able, to do for a struggling newspaper in the digital.
Whats this washington insider and billionaires wife. It sent a reporter all the way to the gulf coast to cover the bp spill and the potential fallout for alaskas own oil industry. Alice rogoff, who helped them to build the site to its current level of staffing and prestige. But the story of alice rogoff and the alaska dispatch news is a cautionary tale that shows the limits of what a wealthy owner is willing, or. Earlier in her career she served in president jimmy carters administration as special assistant to. Dispatches from the northern frontier wilson center.
That time when alice rogoff threatened personal bankruptcy. May 08, 2014 alaska dispatch publisher alice rogoff discusses why the arctic matters at an alaska world affairs council lecture recorded may 2, 2014. The lawyers for alice rogoff really wanted to settle with creditors last fall, and on her behalf they were seeking deep discounts in the amounts rogoff andor the alaska dispatch news owed to unsecured creditors. By no coincidence, she now wields even more political influence over alaskan, american and global politics. From 1985 to 1997, she was chief financial officer of u. Global warming reveals oil, gas and rare metals in the arctic. Alaska dispatch began as an alaska news blog in 2008, started by former bloomberg and newsweek correspondent tony hopfinger and his thenwife, journalist amanda coyne, who wrote articles and blogs for alaska dispatch until late 2012. I had heard her speak last november and was impressed enough to pitch an idea for a. Trial begins in cocktail napkin lawsuit between former alaska. Why the arctic matters with alice rogoff alaska public.
Former alaska dispatch news owner alice rogoff s attorney asked a federal bankruptcy court on jan. Feb 01, 2020 the anchorage daily news will officially become alaska dispatch news. The real high light of this week has been the publication of an article on alice rogoff, the new publisher of the alaska dispatch that i slaved over from februarymay for the washington post sunday magazine. Whats this washington insider and billionaires wife doing. Alice rogoff, alaska dispatch news pacific northwest. We are also joined by alaska dispatch news owner alice rogoff to discuss the state of news coverage of politics in alaska. Nov 10, 2017 anchorage, alaska, via wikimedia commons.
The owner of the alaska dispatch news, alice rogoff, crashed her floatplane about 5. This summer, there are no convoys of black government limousines driving to the rogoff mansion. Kingmaker and former adn publisher alice rogoff changed alaska and america for good. The freemarket has neutered alice rogoff and her role as alaska kingmaker is over. Rogoffs presentation with special guest fran ulmer or want to hear it again. Adn owner seeks quick court approval to pay carriers. A bankruptcy court judge approved monday the sale of alaska dispatch news, the states largest newspaper from alice rogoff to the binkley family of fairbanks. Rogoff faces creditors as another potential bidder appears in. Tony hopfinger, the former president and editor of the newspaper alaska dispatch news, filed a lawsuit against alaska dispatch publishing llc and its owner, alice rogoff, in 2016. Sep 11, 2017 a bankruptcy court judge today approved the sale of alaska dispatch news, the states largest newspaper from alice rogoff to the binkley family of fairbanks.
Apr 09, 2014 when we at the alaska dispatch say weve come to realize the value of a newspaper in print, you better believe weve come to realize it, the dispatch s owner, alice rogoff, told daily news. Jul 08, 2015 this was alice rogoff, 63, wife of billionaire david rubenstein and a former washington business executive turned owner and publisher of alaskas largest newspaper. Judge approves sale of alaska dispatch news to binkley family. Nov 16, 2018 tony hopfinger, the former president and editor of the newspaper alaska dispatch news, filed a lawsuit against alaska dispatch publishing llc and its owner, alice rogoff, in 2016. Former clinton aide alice rogoff tried and failed to build a newspaper empire in alaska. The anchorage daily news will officially become alaska dispatch news. Jul 04, 2016 alaska dispatch news publisher alice rogoffs cessna 206 in the water at halibut coveunnamed source big fourth of july holiday excitement came early to the tiny community of halibut cove on the tip of alaska kenai peninsula when alice rogoff the owner of alaskas largest newspaper, the wife of one of the countrys richest men and a. Her husband david rubenstein is a billionaire and cofounder of the carlyle group. All sides have now agreed to a june 4 mediation that could finally resolve the millions in unpaid debts to dozens of creditors.
Rogoff did not suffer any injuries, she said in a statement. Online news startup buys anchorage daily news from. In april 2014, it was announced that rogoff and the alaska dispatch would purchase the anchorage daily news, the largest newspaper in alaska. Publisher alice rogoff and editor tony hopfinger outlined that and other changes to advertisers during an outdoor luncheon friday. Alaska dispatch news publisher alice rogoff s cessna 206 in the water at halibut coveunnamed source big fourth of july holiday excitement came early to the tiny community of halibut cove on the tip of alaska kenai peninsula when alice rogoff the owner of alaska s largest newspaper, the wife of one of the countrys richest men and a. Adn sold after no other bidder surfaced homer news. Alice rogoff is the publisher and owner of alaska dispatch news, one of the countrys most northerly publications.
Aug 18, 2017 billionaire david rubenstein and his wife have a marital settlement agreement. Anchorage, alaska alaska dispatch is a regional reporting powerhouse. She bet on the future of print news and bought alaskas. Every time the gallery is profiled or has an event, the worth of alices personal collection probably goes up. Earlier in her career she served in president jimmy carters administration as special assistant to director of the u. Heres to suzanna, marc and loren and matt of the alaska dispatch. With alice rogoffs dream of an alaska media empire dead and a federal bankruptcy court trustee sniffing her back trail to find the hole down which tens of millions of dollars disappeared at the alaska dispatch news, the woman who some former employees once considered the selfanointed heir to the title of the queen of the arctic is rebooting as alaska online publisher 3.
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