Northern News Services
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Northern News Services Ltd. | |
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Type | Private |
Founded | Yellowknife, NWT (1972) |
Headquarters | Yellowknife, NWT, Canada |
No. of locations | 1 main office, 5 news bureaus: Inuvik, Hay River, Fort Simpson, Rankin Inlet, Iqaluit |
Area served | NWT, Nunavut |
Key people | J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason (Publisher) Mike Scott (General Manager) Bruce Valpy (Editor) |
Industry | Publishing |
Products | Newspapers |
Employees | 60 (2007) |
Website | www.nnsl.com |
Northern News Services is a news company based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories with approximately 60 employees; they are one of the few remaining independent newspapers in Canada, producing all their own content, instead of relying on syndicated news. They publish seven different papers weekly: Kivalliq News, Inuvik Drum, Dehcho Drum, Yellowknifer (Wednesday and Friday editions), News/North NWT, and News/North Nunavut.