Alaska Marketplace: Investing in Alaska’s Best Ideas

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Welcome to the Alaska Marketplace press section. Visit this section to view recent press releases regarding Alaska Marketplace events and access press materials related to the initiative.

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2011 Press Releases

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AFN Announces Winners of 5th Alaska Marketplace Competition at Convention
Released October 20, 2011 - 459k PDF

$200,000 Up for Grabs at AFNs Fifth Alaska Marketplace Competition
Released October 14, 2011 - 66k PDF

Alaska Marketplace Business/Nonprofit Finalists Selected
Released August 17, 2011

AFN's Alaska Marketplace Aug. 1 Deadline Looming
Released July 28, 2011

AFN Launches 2011 Alaska Marketplace Competition
Released June 1, 2011 - 692k PDF



AFN's 2011 Alaska Marketplace in the News

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Alaska Marketplace Competition call for entries ends Aug. 1
Published: July 28, 2011 in the Alaska Dispatch

Alaska Marketplace contest deadline for entries is Aug. 1
Published: July 28, 2011 in The Bristol Bay Times

KNBA Newscast on the 2011 Alaska Marketplace
Broadcasted: June 27, 2011 in KNBA (1:45 mark)

AFN contest seeks ideas to help rural Alaska thrive
Published: June 22, 2011 in the Capital City Weekly

AFN holds innovation competition
Published: June 10, 2011 in the Alaska Journal of Commerce

AFN marketplace competition looks to spark thriving Rural Alaska
Broadcasted: June 2, 2011 in KYUK

AFN's Alaska Marketplace launches its fifth contest
Published: June 2, 2011 in The Arctic Sounder

AFN's Alaska Marketplace launches its fifth contest
Published: June 2, 2011 in The Seward Phoenix Log

AFN's Alaska Marketplace launches its fifth contest
Published: June 2, 2011 in The Bristol Bay Times

AFN's Marketplace launches its fifth contest
Published: June 2, 2011 in The Bristol Bay Times (same article also appeared in The Arctic Sounder and The Seward Phoenix Log)