The Juneau Empire, which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, is at the forefront of coverage regarding local and state government, mining, Native issues and regional affairs. With a daily circulation of 4,500 and a Sunday circulation of 5,500, serving the capital city and surrounding communities as the state's third largest newspaper.
The Juneau Empire is published Sunday through Friday, except holidays, by Southeastern Newspapers Corporation, 3100 Channel Drive, Juneau, Alaska, 99801. Weekly special sections include Inside, an in-depth feature section on Sundays, Juneau This Week, an arts and entertainment section on Thursdays, and Business, which runs on Tuesdays.
Other major publications include the Juneau Guide, a 150,000-circulation tabloid aimed at tourism, and the 250,000-circulation Marine Highway News, which covers the state's ferry system; a 60,000-circulation Hitchhiker's Guide to the Legislature, featuring information about each Legislative session.
Juneau is the capital city of Alaska and is home to about 30,000 people. It is located in Southeast Alaska and is the third-largest city in the state. As a regional hub, Juneau is the center for medical, business, government and shopping for the area. It also is the largest area in Alaska's Panhandle, a vast coastal rainforest and island archipelago stretching more than 500 miles.
JuneauAlaska.com, JuneauEmpire.com, AlaskaLegislature.com and the Juneau Empire print editions are owned by Morris Communications Corporation. Morris Communications, a media company in Augusta, Ga., has owned the Juneau Empire since 1969.
Morris Communications owns more than 30 daily newspapers and 10 non-daily newspapers spanning the nation from Florida to Alaska to Michigan to California. Along with the Juneau Empire in Alaska, Morris Communications also owns the Peninsula Clarion (Kenai), The Homer News, the Alaska Journal of Commerce, The Milepost, Alaska Magazine and six radio stations in Anchorage. Morris Communications employs some 6,000 people, of which 55 are employed by the Empire.
Morris Digital Works is the Internet publishing division of Morris Communications Corporation. Morris has built some of the most award-winning and critically acclaimed sites on the web. Three MCC web sites have been national award winners as named by the Newspaper Association of America, including two national newspaper site of the year awards. The Augusta Chronicle (AugustaChronicle.com) won the award in 1998, and The Glenwood Post (SearchColorado.com) won it in 1999. In February of 2000, Editor and Publisher named The Florida Times-Union's site (Jacksonville.com) as the best newspaper sports web site in the world.
JuneauAlaska.com launched in spring of 1998 as a tourism site for the Juneau area.
AlaskaLegislature.com was launched in January 2002 as a comprehensive consitituent's guide to the Alaska Legislature.
