Tucson Weekly
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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 900,000 residents. The paper is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
. Biggers was its editor and publisher until 2000, when he sold the paper to Wick Communications.
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.
reporter Chris Limberis was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Newspaper Association Hall of Fame in 2006.
, 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
.
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
metropolitan area of about 900,000 residents. The paper is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
The Association of Alternative Newsmedia is a diverse group of covering every major metropolitan area and other less-populated regions of North America. AAN members have a combined weekly circulation of over 6.5 million as well as a print readership of nearly 17 million active, educated and...
. Biggers was its editor and publisher until 2000, when he sold the paper to Wick Communications.
The Weekly has a circulation of 49,792, according to a March 2005 audit by Verified Audit Circulation
Verified Audit Circulation
Verified Audit Circulation is a U.S. company that conducts circulation audits of both free and paid print publications and of traffic figures for websites...
. 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.
Notable members
The founding editor was Douglas Biggers, who served until he sold the paper in 2000. Former editors in chief include Dan Huff, Carol Ann Bassett, James Reel and Michael Parnell. Longtime Weekly and Arizona Daily StarArizona 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. The paper was purchased by Pulitzer in 1971; Lee Enterprises bought Pulitzer in 2005....
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 MeatRed Meat
Max Cannon's Red Meat is an independent comic strip begun in 1989. It appears in over 75 alternative weeklies and college papers in the United States and in other countries. Since 1996, it has been available for reading on the web.- Style :...
, created by Tucsonan Max Cannon
Max Cannon
Max Cannon is author and creator of the independent comic strip Red Meat.Cannon began producing the strip in 1989 for the Arizona Daily Wildcat, the student newspaper of the University of Arizona . The strip was later picked up by the Tucson Weekly, and it now appears in over 75 alternative weeklies...
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
The Onion
The Onion is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news, in addition to a non-satirical entertainment section known as The A.V. Club...
.