Jump to content

Arizona Daily Sun

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arizona Daily Sun
TypeDaily newspaper
OwnerWick Communications
FounderArtemis E. Fay
PublisherDoug Bauer[1]
EditorCody Bashore
Moriah Heberer
Associate editor
Michael Hartman
Managing editor
Chris Etling
General manager
Angila Menter
Photographer
Jake Bacon
Hattie Loper
FoundedSeptember 15, 1883 (1883-09-15) (as the Arizona Champion)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersFlagstaff, Arizona
Circulation7,712 Daily
7,354 Sunday (as of 2022)[2]
ISSN1054-9536
OCLC number10668635
Websiteazdailysun.com

The Arizona Daily Sun is a three day newspaper in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. It is published on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The Sun is owned by Wick Communications and dates back to 1883.

History

[edit]

On September 15, 1883, Artemis E. Fay published the first edition of the weekly Arizona Champion in Peach Springs, Arizona.[3] On February 2, 1884, he relocated the paper to Flagstaff.[4] In September 1885, Fay sold the Champion to J.W. Spafford.[5] In March 1886, Spafford sold the paper to the Flagstaff Publishing Company.[6] In April 1891, C.M Funston, formerly of the Mojave Miner, bought the Champion.[7] A month later, he renamed it to the Coconino Sun.[8] In 1906, Funston sold the Sun to Lloyd C. Henning.[9]

In 1908, Col. Fred Sylvester Breen bought the paper.[10] He published it until his death in 1932.[11] Del Strong then published the Sun for a year. In 1933, brothers George A. Giragi and Columbus T. Giragi, owners of The Winslow Mail and Holbrook News-Tribune, bought the Sun.[12] In 1938, G.A. Giragi died.[13] In 1945, C.T. Giragi sold the paper to W.J. McGissen.[14] On August 5, 1946, the paper was expanded into a daily and renamed to the Arizona Daily Sun.[15]

In 1957, Platt Cline bought the paper. He was associated with Burl C. Hagadone and Scripps League Newspapers.[16] In 1996, Scripps was acquired by Pulitzer,[17] which in 2005 was purchased by Lee Enterprises.[18] In 2023, the Sun was sold to Wick Communications.[19] Later that year, the paper reduced its print schedule to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, the newspaper switched from carrier to postal delivery.[20]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Contact". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
  2. ^ Lee Enterprises. "Form 10-K". investors.lee.net. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "News of the Week". Phoenix Weekly Herald. September 27, 1883. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Flagstaff's Bright Future". The Arizona Champion. Peach Springs, Arizonia. February 2, 1884. p. 2.
  5. ^ Fay, A.E. (September 26, 1885). "Valedictory". The Arizona Champion. Peach Springs, Arizona. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Notice". The Arizona Champion. Peach Springs, Arizona. March 20, 1886. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Notice". Tombstone Epitaph. April 26, 1891. p. 5.
  8. ^ "About The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898–1978". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  9. ^ "Arizona News Notes". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. October 14, 1906. p. 7.
  10. ^ "Mr. Breen and His "Sun"". Williams News. Williams, Arizona. April 11, 1908. p. 3.
  11. ^ "Col. Fred S. Breen Flagstaff Editor Dies On Coast". The Coolidge Examiner. Coolidge, Arizona. March 4, 1932. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Giragis Buy Coconino Sun". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizonia. July 24, 1933. p. 1.
  13. ^ "George A. Giragi Dies In Winslow". Arizona Daily Star. Assocaited Press. May 9, 1938. p. 1.
  14. ^ "Columbus T. Giragi's Coconino Sun Is Sold". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. Associated Press. December 28, 1945. p. 1.
  15. ^ "Editorial | Arizona Daily Sun Makes Its Bow". Arizona Daily Sun. Flagstaff, Arizona. August 5, 1946. p. 1.
  16. ^ "Cline Group Buys Flagstaff Papers". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizonia. September 4, 1957. p. 12.
  17. ^ Times Wire Services (May 7, 1996). "Pulitzer to Purchase Scripps Newspapers". Los Angeles Times.
  18. ^ Steinberg, Jacques (February 1, 2005). "Pulitzer to Be Acquired by Lee Enterprises". New York Times. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  19. ^ "Wick Communications to acquire Flagstaff's Arizona Daily Sun". Editor and Publisher. September 6, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  20. ^ Etling, Chris (May 28, 2023). "Your expanded Arizona Daily Sun coming soon". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arizona_Daily_Sun&oldid=1351281964"