The ''Las Vegas Sun'' is one of the
Las Vegas Valley
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's two daily
subscription newspaper
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s. It is owned by the Greenspun family and is affiliated with
Greenspun Media Group. The paper published afternoons on weekdays from 1990 to 2005 and is now included as a section inside the pages of the morning ''
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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'' but continues operating exclusively on its own website.
Its publisher and president is Brian Greenspun, former publisher
Hank Greenspun's son, who was a college roommate of
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.
It has been described as "politically liberal."
History
The ''Las Vegas Sun'' was first published on May 21, 1950, by Hank Greenspun, who served as its editor until his death. Hank acquired the ''Las Vegas Free Press'' and two weeks later renamed it to the ''Las Vegas Sun''. He started the ''Las Vegas Sun'' after he received a US$1,000-loan from businessman
Nate Mack. From its founding the paper was published in the mornings. Starting in 1989, after it signed a
Joint Operating Agreement with the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'', the paper switched to publishing in the afternoon.
On
April 20, 2009, the ''Las Vegas Sun'' was awarded a
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
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for coverage of the high death rate of construction workers on the
Las Vegas Strip
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amid lax enforcement of regulations. The Pulitzer Prize committee noted that the ''Sun''s coverage led to changes in government policy and improved safety conditions.
was the primary author for the four-part series.
[ Berzon soon left the Sun after her win, as did health reporter and Pulitzer finalist Marshall Allen in 2011.
]
Current status
The afternoon edition of the paper was published until September 30, 2005, when, on October 2, 2005, the ''Las Vegas Sun'' began distribution with the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''. The change came about after the ''Sun'' entered into an amended joint operating agreement with the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' to deliver the ''Sun'' with the ''Review-Journal'', but with the ''Suns content inserted in the ''Review-Journal''. The staff for each paper remained independent.
The ''Sun'' is produced by its editors, reporters and photographers at The Greenspun Corporation's suburban Henderson offices, then printed by the ''Review-Journal'' and included inside the pages of the morning ''R-J''. The section typically contains no advertisements. The two newspapers' editorial departments continue to have in-print disputes, often on the op-ed pages by Brian Greenspun and former ''Review-Journal'' publisher Sherman Frederick.
Before Christmas in 2009, the ''Sun'' fired more than half its staff and changed its focus from daily news to feature stories and analysis. Then, in September 2011, the paper laid off a dozen additional employees, with Greenspun pointing to layoffs at the ''Sun'' as being a direct result of recent layoffs at the ''Review-Journal''.
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