the newspaper is owned by the navajo times publishing company, inc., a for-profit corporation. ntpc inc. belongs to the navajo people, and the tribal council are its caretakers. tommy arviso jr. is president and ceo of ntpc. according to arviso, the paper earns enough money from selling newspapers and from advertising to pay for its own costs and a little profit. in 2015, arviso said one of the paper's goals was to become a completely privately owned company with individual navajo people owning shares.