Arizona Daily Star

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Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Daily Star Logo.png
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TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Lee Enterprises
Founded1877; 142 years ago (1877)
Headquarters4850 South Park Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85714, United States
CountryUnited States
Circulation96,682 weekdays
116,010 Saturdays
154,715 Sundays in 2012[1]
ISSN0888-546X
Websitetucson.com

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. At present,[when?] the paper's business operations are owned jointly by Lee Enterprises and the Gannett Company.

Awards[edit]

In 1981, Star reporters Clark Hallas and Robert B. Lowe won a Pulitzer Prize for their stories about recruiting violations by University of Arizona football coach Tony Mason.

See also[edit]

  • L. C. Hughes, Arizona Territory governor and owner of the newspaper that became the Arizona Daily Star

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FAS-FAX Report: Circulation Averages for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2012". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2012.

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