Snedden also embarked on a series of upgrades to the "News-Miner's" printing equipment. In 1953, rotary printing was introduced to Fairbanks after Snedden purchased a used rotary press from "The Sacramento Union". To house the press, Snedden built a two-story building adjacent to the Lathrop Building. The Lathrop Building still contained most of the "News-Miner's" offices and typesetting equipment, but it was not large enough to contain the new press without extensive renovations, thus requiring a new building. Shortly after the new press was introduced, the "News-Miner" produced its first full-color newspaper. The new equipment also allowed for larger print jobs, and Snedden introduced an annual Progress Edition that was intended to be distributed outside Alaska in order to attract business and industry to the state. In 1954, the "News-Miner" obtained a dedicated teletype to the Associated Press, avoiding the need for contracts for telephone and telegraph service to a correspondent in Seattle who would relay AP material to the "News-Miner".