The Inuvik Drum’s last print edition was January 9, 2025, 59 years to the day after it was first published. The Drum, was published weekly, served the town of 3,000 people and the wider Beaufort Delta region, home to just under 7,000 residents. It was first published in 1966 and was acquired by NNSL in 1988. The Company gave no reason for the closure was given. Newspapers have faced significant loss of advertising revenue to digital and social media. News/North will include dedicated stories about [the] Beaufort Delta, while the Inuvik Drum will cease publishing as a standalone print product. Since 1988, both print publications have had overlapping circulation,” the company stated. The Deh Cho Drum, which was established by NNSL to serve the NWT’s Dehcho region in 1994, was shuttered in 2017. NNSL was taken over by Black Press in 2021 after going into creditor protection was bought out by Alabama-based Carpenter Media Group earlier this year.