General Overview
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner is a morning newspaper published daily in the city of Fairbanks in the U.S. state of Alaska. Because Fairbanks is located at a latitude of 64.838 degrees north, the News-Miner offices are located farther north than those of any other daily newspaper in North America. The newspaper has a daily circulation of between 14,000 and 18,000 copies (sources vary), and a Sunday circulation of about 18,000. Overall readership statistics are somewhat higher. The News-Miner operates a Web site, Newsminer.com, which records roughly 250,000 unique visitors per year, according to Alexa.
The News-Miner's circulation area encompasses about 179,287 square miles (464,351 km2) in central and northern Alaska. The circulation area includes the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, the northern portion of the Denali Borough, and portions of the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area. Major settlements in the circulation area include the city of Fairbanks and the towns of North Pole, Delta Junction, Healy, Fort Yukon, and Tok. There are no other daily newspapers in the News-Miner's circulation area, but Fairbanks and southern portions of the Denali Borough are secondary circulation areas for the Anchorage Daily News, a daily newspaper based 260 miles (418 km) south, in Anchorage.
The paper's coverage centers on local news with moderate reporting on state issues that affect Fairbanks and the surrounding area. Local sports, particularly the Fairbanks Grizzlies (Indoor Football League), the Alaska Goldpanners (Alaska Baseball League), Fairbanks Ice Dogs (North American Hockey League), and the various sports teams of the University of Alaska Fairbanks are covered regularly by the newspaper. The News-Miner also maintains a bureau in Washington, D.C. that focuses on the actions of Alaska delegates to the United States Congress. The News-Miner produces several specialty publications in addition to the regular paper. Two publications: Latitude 65, a weekly arts supplement released on Friday; and Sundays, a feature reporting section published on Sundays; also are produced by newspaper staff. Several annual publications — a visitors' guide, winter survival guide, and others — also are released by the newspaper on a regular basis.
The News-Miner is owned by the family trusts of Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder, who together founded the newspaper chain MediaNews Group in 1983. Though the News-Miner is owned separately from the rest of the MediaNews Group newspapers, it is considered a part of the group in order to take advantage of bulk purchasing discounts. The News-Miner owns the Kodiak Daily Mirror.
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