| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Younis Art Studio Inc. |
| Publisher | Abed Younis |
| Editor | Rizaldy M. Dandan |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands |
| Official website | [1] |
Marianas Variety News & Views is an award-winning daily newspaper published in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, five times per week. It is owned by Younis Art Studio Inc. Marianas Variety News & Views is a member of the Associated Press, Reuters, and the Pacific Islands News Association.[1]
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The Marianas Variety News & Views's main competitor is the Saipan Tribune.
Established on March 16, 1972, Marianas Variety News & Views today has a readership of 40,000 in the Northern Mariana Islands and 2,000 elsewhere in Micronesia. It currently has one sister publication, launched in the late 1990s: Marianas Variety-Guam edition in Guam, which has a readership of 48,000.[1]
The Variety prints an average of 28-40 pages daily with full color capability and is distributed in the CNMI, Guam, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia. It have subscribers in the South Pacific, the Philippines, Hawaii, Japan and the mainland U.S.
The Variety provides its readers with the most extensive local and regional news and views. It carries interesting and in-depth feature stories, U.S. and international news. It has the liveliest opinion page in all of the Marianas and remains the only CNMI newspaper that takes a stand, through its editorials, on the burning issues of the day.
Variety’s Web site allows readers to submit comments as well as to see advertising rates and other specifications.
Awards
Best Newspaper, awarded by the Society of Professional Journalists-NMI chapter in 1995
Best Editorial Writing, SPJ-NMI, 1995
Best News Photography, SPJ-NMI, 1995
NMI Humanities Award for Outstanding Contributions to Journalism, 2001
Best Online Edition of a Pacific Island Newspaper, 2002
Environmental Achievement Award, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2003 Other services
Younis Art Studio also offers printing and sign services.
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