Arizona Daily Sun
Newspaper in Flagstaff, Arizona
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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.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wick Communications |
| Founder | Artemis E. Fay |
| Publisher | Doug Bauer[1] |
| Editor | Cody Bashore Moriah Heberer |
| Associate editor | Michael Hartman |
| Managing editor | Chris Etling |
| General manager | Angila Menter |
| Photographer | Jake Bacon Hattie Loper |
| Founded | September 15, 1883 (as the Arizona Champion) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Flagstaff, Arizona |
| Circulation | 7,712 Daily 7,354 Sunday (as of 2022)[2] |
| ISSN | 1054-9536 |
| OCLC number | 10668635 |
| Website | azdailysun |
History
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]
