This paper failed because papers across the nation are failing due to the rise of online media and "safe spaces." It was conservative/balanced when it was the Anchorage Daily News, then it was even more conservative - with a focus on oil & gas news - when it became the Dispatch. 

The fact that people are so biased that they think Infowars / Daily Stormer / brietbart / fox news is unbiased that they think this paper is liberal is hilarious to me.