Alaska (magazine)

Alaska

February 2009 cover of Alaska
Editor	Rebecca Luczycki
Frequency	10 per year
Total circulation (2011)	107,833
Founder	Emery Fridolf Tobin
First issue	1935 (1935-month)
Company	Morris Magazines
Country	United States
Based in	Anchorage, Alaska
Website	www.alaskamagazine.com
ISSN	0730-5842

Alaska is a periodical devoted to news and discussion of issues and features of and from Alaska. Most of its readership consists of persons outside of Alaska who are interested in the Alaskan way of life.

Alaska magazine was founded in 1935 in Ketchikan, Alaska by Emery Fridolf Tobin (1895-1977), who established himself as an opponent of Alaska statehood. The magazine was originally titled the Alaska Sportsman Magazine, a name it retained until 1969. It operated much then as it does today, being sold through newsstand sales and subscriptions. The major difference in its early days^{[citation needed]} was the fact that paper stock to print the magazine arrived via steamship, posing the threat of delays, and it operated out of a small basement. Another major difference is that the editorial and sales offices have moved to Alaska's economic center, the city of Anchorage.

The magazine was sold to Robert Henning in 1958, who guided it for nearly 30 years. The magazine is currently owned by Morris Communications, a Georgia-based company which also publishes the Milepost travel guide, several Alaskan newspapers, and owns a number of radio stations in Anchorage.

External links

• Alaska magazine Official website