NancyinAK wrote, "I remember (just before it was purchased by the Alaska Dispatch/Alice Rogoff) that the ADN was a shell of its former self. "
Yup, back when I used to weigh the Sunday ADN and post the diminishing weights in comments; my comments were usually deleted by ADN staff.   Alice Rogoff didn't save anything - actually she probably did far more damage than good, but she did make McClatchy look better.  McClatchy Corp., the Sacramento Bee overlord,  was a money sucking vampire that sucked money out of ADN without regard to consequences.  ADN, at the time, was one of the few remaining McClatchy newspapers that was profitable.  The editor in charge before Alice bought the paper, Patrick Dougherty, fired many staff and provided no end of excuses to readers for his actions.  The more things change, the more they stay the same.