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.
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| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Times Media Group |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Tucson, Arizona, United States |
| Circulation | 33,000 (2019) |
| ISSN | 0742-0692 |
| Website | tucsonweekly.com |
The paper is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. New issues arrive at kiosks throughout Tucson every Wednesday. Jim Nintzel is the current editor. Staff members include Logan Burtch-Buus, Tirion Morris, Christopher Boan, Jeff Gardner, Kathleen Kunz and Chelo Grubb.[1]
History
editThe founding editor was Douglas Biggers, who served as editor and publisher and also founded Edible Baja Arizona. He sold the paper to Wick Communications in 2000.[2]
Longtime editor Jimmy Boegle left the Weekly in late 2012 to start his own independent paper in Palm Springs, California.[3]
In 2014, Wick sold the paper to 10/13 Communications.[4] In 2021, Times Media Group acquired the Tucson publications of 10/13 Communications (including The Explorer, the Marana News, Foothills News, Desert Times, Tucson Weekly, and Inside Tucson Business).[5]
Notable journalists
editFormer editors include Dan Huff, Carol Ann Bassett, James Reel, Michael Parnell, Dan Gibson and Mari Herreras.[6] Longtime Weekly and Arizona Daily Star reporter Chris Limberis was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Newspaper Association Hall of Fame in 2006.[7]
Red Meat
editThe Tucson Weekly was a launching point for the comic strip Red Meat, created by Tucsonan Max Cannon in 1989.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Staff/Contact Us".
- ^ Fischer, Alan D. (March 3, 2000). "Sierra Vista's Wick chain buys Tucson Weekly". Arizona Daily Star. p. 35.
- ^ Schuster, John (November 12, 2012). "'Weekly' Editor Jimmy Boegle Leaving Paper at End of Year, Heading to the Coachella Valley". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
- ^ Smith, Dylan (April 18, 2014). "Sold! Weekly, Inside Tucson Business change hands". Tucson Sentinel. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ Smith, Dylan (April 19, 2021). "Tucson Weekly, Explorer sold to Phoenix newspaper chain". Tucson Sentinel. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ^ "Currents: Remembering Limbo". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". ANANews.com. Arizona Newspaper Association.