Tucson Weekly

Tucson Weekly

Infobox Newspaper
name = Tucson Weekly


caption = The February 22, 2007 front page of
"Tucson Weekly"
type = Alternative weekly
format = Tabloid
foundation = 1984
ceased publication =
price =
owners = Wick Communications
publisher = Thomas P. Lee
editor = Jimmy Boegle
language =
circulation = 48,690 [cite web|url=http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A92|title=AAN: Tucson Weekly|publisher=Association of Alternative Newsweeklies|accessdate=2006-12-27]
headquarters = P.O. Box 27087
Tucson, AZ 85726
United States
ISSN =
website = [http://www.tucsonweekly.com/ 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.

Notable members

Former editor in chiefs of the "Weekly" include James Reel and Michael Parnell [ [http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=75278 Tucson Weekly : Currents : Remembering Limbo ] ] Reel currently is the Arts Editor [Tucson Weekly staff list, 8 May 2008 issue]

Longtime "TW" and Arizona Daily Star reporter Chris Limberis was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Newspaper Association Hall of Fame in 2006. [http://www.ananews.com/HallofFame/mbrs/HOF2006Limberis.htm]

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.tucsonweekly.com Tucson Weekly official site]


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