Tucson Weekly
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| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | 10/13 Communications |
| Publisher | Thomas P. Lee |
| Editor | Dan Gibson |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 27087 Tucson, Arizona 85726 United States |
| Circulation | 40,768 (2011)[1] |
| ISSN | 0742-0692 |
| Website | tucsonweekly.com |
The Tucson Weekly is an alternative newsweekly that was founded in 1984 by Douglas Biggers and Mark Goehring, and serves the Tucson, Arizona, metropolitan area of about 1,000,000 residents. Biggers was its editor and publisher until 2000, when he sold the paper to Wick Communications. He is currently the editor and publisher of Edible Baja Arizona. 10/13 Communications bought the paper from Wick in 2014.[2]
The paper is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. New issues arrive at kiosks throughout Tucson every Wednesday. Dan Gibson is the current editor. Staff members include senior writer Jim Nintzel, assistant editor Irene Messina, staff writer Mari Herreras. Longtime editor Jimmy Boegle left the Weekly in late 2012 to start his own independent paper in Palm Springs, California.[3]
Notable journalists
The founding editor was Douglas Biggers, who served until he sold the paper in 2000. Former editors include Dan Huff, Carol Ann Bassett, James Reel and Michael Parnell.[4] Longtime Weekly and Arizona Daily Star reporter Chris Limberis was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Newspaper Association Hall of Fame in 2006.[5]
Red Meat
The Tucson Weekly was a launching point for the comic strip Red Meat, created by Tucsonan Max Cannon in 1989.
See also
References
- ^ "Annual Audit Report, March 2011". Larkspur, Calif.: Verified Audit Circulation. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
- ^ Sold! Weekly, Inside Tucson Business change hands
- ^ http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2012/11/12/weekly-editor-jimmy-boegle-leaving-paper-at-end-of-year-heading-to-the-coachella-valley
- ^ "Currents: Remembering Limbo". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". ANANews.com. Arizona Newspaper Association.