Arizona Daily Sun

Arizona Daily Sun
TypeDaily newspaper
OwnerWick Communications
FounderArtemis E. Fay
PublisherDoug Bauer[1]
EditorCody Bashore
Moriah Heberer
Associate editorMichael Hartman
Managing editorChris Etling
General managerAngila Menter
PhotographerJake 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

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

  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.
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