Arizona Daily Star
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Lee Enterprises |
| Founded | 1877 |
| Headquarters | 4850 South Park Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85714, United States |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 96,682 weekdays 116,010 Saturdays 154,715 Sundays in 2012[1] |
| ISSN | 0888-546X |
| Website | tucson.com |
The Arizona Daily Star is the major morning daily newspaper that serves Tucson and surrounding districts of southern Arizona in the United States. The paper was purchased by Pulitzer in 1971; Lee Enterprises bought Pulitzer in 2005. At present, the paper's business operations are owned jointly by Lee Enterprises and the Gannett Company.
In 1981, Star reporters Clark Hallas and Robert B. Lowe won a Pulitzer Prize for their stories about recruiting violations by University of Arizona football coach Tony Mason.
See also
- L. C. Hughes, Arizona Territory governor and owner of the newspaper that became the Arizona Daily Star
References
- ^ "FAS-FAX Report: Circulation Averages for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2012". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
External links
- Official website
- Arizona Daily Star Archives (1879 to present)
- Today's Arizona Daily Star front page at the Freedom Forum website
- The Arizona Daily Star's 2014 project on SB1070, "State of Confusion," Arizona Daily Star, March, 2014
- The Arizona Daily Star's 2013 series on poverty, "Losing Ground," Arizona Daily Star, August, 2013
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