Northern News Services
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (1972) |
| Headquarters | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories , |
Number of locations | 1 main office, 5 news bureaus: Inuvik, Hay River, Fort Simpson, Rankin Inlet, Iqaluit |
Area served | Northwest Territories, Nunavut |
Key people | J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason (Founder) Bruce Valpy (Publisher) |
| Products | Newspapers |
Number of employees | 60 (2007) |
| Website | Northern News Services |
NNSL Media (Northern News Services LTD) is a news and media company based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. It is one of the few remaining independent newspaper companies in Canada, producing all-original content with little to no reliance on syndicated news. NNSL publishes seven different papers weekly: Kivalliq News, , , Yellowknifer (Wednesday and Friday editions), News/North (Northwest Territories News/North and Nunavut News/North).
In February 2021, it was reported that Black Press, a Canadian publisher of over 170 newspapers in Canada and the United States, was attempting to purchase NNSL. According to the report NNSL had been on sale for over a year.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Black Press in negotiations to take over NNSL papers". February 2, 2021. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
Coordinates: 62°27′08″N 114°22′07″W / 62.45222°N 114.36861°W
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