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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 1,000,000 residents. The paper is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. 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.


History

The founding editor was Douglas Biggers, who served as editor and publisher and also founded '' Edible Baja Arizona''. He sold the paper to Wick Communications in 2000. Longtime editor Jimmy Boegle left the ''Weekly'' in late 2012 to start his own independent paper in Palm Springs, California. In 2014, Wick sold the paper to 10/13 Communications. 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'').


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'' 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