Marianas Variety
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Younis Art Studio Inc. |
| Publisher | Abed Younis |
| Editor | Rizaldy M. Dandan |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands |
| Website | mvariety |
Marianas Variety is a daily newspaper published in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, five times per week. It is owned by Younis Art Studio Inc. Marianas Variety is a member of the Associated Press, Reuters, and the Pacific Islands News Association.
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 two sister publications, both launched in the late 1990s: The Palau Horizon in Palau, which has a readership of 8,000, launched in 1998; and The Variety on Guam in Guam, which has a readership of approximately 48,000.
The Variety prints an average of 28-40 pages daily with full color capability and is distributed in the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia. It has subscribers throughout the South Pacific, the Philippines, Hawaii, Japan and the mainland United States. The newspaper's main competitor is the Saipan Tribune.
In 2003, the United States Environmental Protection Agency gave an Environmental Achievement Award to Marianas Variety News & Views writer Haidee V. Eugenio for "producing consistent, extensive, fearless and unbiased news coverage focusing on the causes, resolutions and preventions of environmental issues -- including the contamination of soil, groundwater, drinking water, seawater and air -- along with their effects to human health and safety." In the past, the newspaper has received awards from the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, which no longer exists.
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