Las Vegas Sun
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet Insert |
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| Owner | Greenspun Corporation |
| Publisher | Barbara Greenspun |
| Editor | Brian Greenspun |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Political allegiance | progressive |
| Headquarters | Green Valley Corporate Center Henderson, NV |
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| Website: lasvegassun.com | |
The Las Vegas Sun is one of Las Vegas, Nevada's two daily newspapers. It is owned by the Greenspun family and is affiliated with Greenspun Media Group.
The paper was published in the afternoons on weekdays from 1990-2005. The paper is now included as a section of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and continues operating exclusively on its website.
[edit] History
The Las Vegas Sun was first published on May 21, 1950, by Hank Greenspun, who served as its editor until his death. From its founding the paper was a published in the mornings. Starting in 1990 the paper switched to publishing in the afternoon.
The afternoon edition of the paper was published until September 30, 2005. On October 2, 2005, the Las Vegas Sun began distribution with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a rival newspaper with which it has a Joint operating agreement.
Editor and president Brian Greenspun, Hank's son, is a personal friend of former president Bill Clinton. While in office, Greenspun welcomed Clinton as a houseguest while Clinton was fundraising in southern Nevada.
[edit] Current Status
In 2005, the Sun entered a new joint operating agreement with the Las Vegas Review-Journal. This kept the Sun's content and staff entirely independent of the Review-Journal, but furthered its reliance on the Review-Journal's marketplace dominance for its distribution. The Sun's articles tend to be longer and more in-depth topical stories, more similar to magazine articles than stories in a traditional daily newspaper.
The Sun is produced by its editors and reporters at The Greenspun Corporation's suburban Henderson offices, then printed by the Review-Journal and included inside the morning newspaper. The section typically contains no advertisements. The two newspapers' editorial departments continue to have in-print disputes, sometimes degrading into personal attacks between Brian Greenspun and Review-Journal publisher, Sherman Frederick.
