The ''Tucson Weekly'' is an
alternative newsweekly
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that was founded in 1984 by Douglas Biggers and Mark Goehring, and serves the
Tucson, Arizona, metropolitan area of about 1,000,000 residents.
The paper is a member of the
Association of Alternative Newsmedia
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. 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.
The founding editor was Douglas Biggers, who served as editor and publisher until he sold the paper to
Wick Communications in 2000. He founded ''
Edible Baja Arizona
''Edible Baja Arizona'' was a magazine that published stories about the intersection of food and culture in Tucson and the Arizona/Sonora borderlands region. The magazine was published on a bi-monthly basis and was founded in 2013 by ''Tucson Week ...
''.
Longtime editor Jimmy Boegle left the ''Weekly'' in late 2012 to start his own independent paper in Palm Springs, California.
10/13 Communications bought the paper from Wick in 2014.
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
''Inside Tucson Business'' is a weekly newspaper published in Tucson that covers the business, financial, and economic news of Southern Arizona. It was owned by Wick Communications from 1992 to 2014, when it was sold to 10/13 Communications.
In ...
'').
Notable journalists
Former editors include Dan Huff, Carol Ann Bassett, James Reel, Michael Parnell, Dan Gibson and Mari Herreras. Longtime ''Weekly'' and ''
Arizona Daily Star
The ''Arizona Daily Star'' is the major morning daily newspaper that serves Tucson and surrounding districts of southern Arizona in the United States.
History
L. C. Hughes was the Arizona Territory governor and founder of the ''Arizona Star'', ...
'' reporter Chris Limberis was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Newspaper Association Hall of Fame in 2006.
Red Meat
The ''Tucson Weekly'' was a launching point for the comic strip ''
Red Meat'', created by Tucsonan
Max Cannon in 1989.
See also
*
List of alternative weekly newspapers
References
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External links
''Tucson Weekly'' official site
Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States
Newspapers published in Arizona
Mass media in Tucson, Arizona
Newspapers established in 1984
Wick Communications publications
1984 establishments in Arizona