Tucson Weekly
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| Tucson Weekly | |
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 The February 22, 2007 front page of Tucson Weekly |
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| Type | Alternative weekly |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Wick Communications |
| Publisher | Thomas P. Lee |
| Editor | Jimmy Boegle |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 27087 Tucson, AZ 85726 United States |
| Circulation | 48,690 [1] |
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| Website: tucsonweekly.com | |
The Tucson Weekly is an alternative newsweekly that was founded in 1984 and serves a metropolitan area of about 900,000 residents. The paper is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.
The Weekly has a circulation of 49,792, according to a March 2005 audit by Verified Audit Circulation. New issues arrive at kiosks throughout Tucson every Thursday.
Jimmy Boegle is the current editor in chief. Staff members include Irene Messina, assistant editor, and Jim Nintzel, senior writer.
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[edit] Former notable members
Former editors of the Weekly include James Reel and Michael Parnell[2]
Longtime TW and Arizona Daily Star reporter Chris Limberis was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Newspaper Association Hall of Fame in 2006.[3]
[edit] Red Meat
The Tucson Weekly was a launching point for the comic strip Red Meat, created by Tucsonan Max Cannon in 1989. Red Meat now appears in more than 75 alternative weeklies and college papers in the United States and in other countries, and also is featured on The Onion.
[edit] References
- ^ AAN: Tucson Weekly. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.
- ^ Tucson Weekly : Currents : Remembering Limbo
- ^ http://www.ananews.com/HallofFame/mbrs/HOF2006Limberis.htm
