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| Type | Alternative weekly |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Village Voice Media |
| Publisher | Kurtis Barton |
| Editor | Rick Barrs |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Headquarters | 1201 E. Jefferson Phoenix, AZ 85034  United States |
| Circulation | 111,408[1] |
| Website | phoenixnewtimes.com |
The Phoenix New Times is a free, weekly Phoenix, Arizona newspaper, put out every Thursday. It is the founding publication of the New Times Media (now Village Voice Media), but The Village Voice is now the flagship publication of that company.
The paper was founded in 1970 by a group of students at Arizona State University, led by Frank Fiore, Karen Lofgren, Michael Lacey, Bruce Stasium, Nick Stupey, Gayle Pyfrom, and later, Jim Larkin as a counterculture response to the Kent State shootings in the spring of that year. Gary Brennan played a role in its creation. According to the 20th Anniversary issue of the New Times, published on May 2, 1990, Fiore suggested that the anti-war crowd put out its own paper. The first summer issues were called the Arizona Times and assembled in the staff's La Crescenta apartments across from ASU. The Arizona Times was renamed the New Times as the first college issue went to press in September 1970.
Not only does the paper cover Phoenix and Arizona news issues, it also provides reviews of local restaurants, theater, art exhibits and Hollywood motion picture releases, and provides a listing of various concerts for all genres of music. It also features nationally syndicated relationship advice columnist Dan Savage. Every year, the New Times puts out a "Best of" issue, highlighting the best in restaurants, Nightclubs, shops, and the like in Phoenix.
Arrest controversy
In October 2007, Maricopa County sheriff's deputies arrested Lacey and Larkin on charges of revealing secret grand jury information concerning the investigations of the New Times's long-running feud with Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio. In July 2004, the New Times had published Arpaio's home address in the context of a story about his real estate dealings, which the County Attorney's office is investigating as a possible crime under Arizona state law. A special prosecutor served Village Voice Media with a subpoena ordering it to produce "all documents" related to the original real estate article, as well as "all Internet web site traffic information" to a number of articles that mentioned Arpaio. The prosecutor further ordered Village Voice Media to produce the IP addresses of all visitors to the Phoenix New Times website since January 1, 2004, as well as which websites those readers had been to prior to visiting. As an act of "civil disobedience,"[2] Lacey and Larkin published the contents of the subpoena on or around October 18, which resulted in their arrests the same day.[3] On the following day, the county attorney dropped the case after declining to pursue charges against the two.[4]
Prosecutors charge that the New Times had published Arpaio's personal home address, a crime in Arizona[citation needed]. The special prosecutor's subpoena included a demand for the names of all people who had read the Arpaio story on the newspaper's website. It was the revealing of the subpoena information by the New Times which led to the arrests.[5] Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has dropped the charges less than 24 hours after the two were arrested.[6]
In the weeks following the arrest, members of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, which the Phoenix New Times are a part of, provided links on their websites to places where Arpaio's address could be found.[7] This was done to show solidarity with the the Phoenix New Times.
In February 2008 the paper filed a formal notice of claim, which is required by Arizona law in order to sue government officials.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Phoenix New Times". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A72. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
- ^ Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin (October 18, 2007), Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution, Phoenix New Times, http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-10-18/news/breathtaking-abuse-of-the-constitution/1, retrieved 2007-10-20
- ^ Sheriff's deputies arrest New Times owners.
- ^ Associated Press (October 20, 2007), No Charges for Execs Arrested in 'Phoenix Times' Case, Editor & Publisher, http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003661135, retrieved 2007-10-20
- ^ Carr, David (2007-10-19). "Media Executives Arrested in Phoenix". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/business/media/19cnd-arrest.html?bl&ex=1192939200&en=28947383a6d6c21c&ei=5087%0A. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
- ^ Anglen, Robert (2007-10-20). "Amid uproar, county attorney drops charges against 'New Times'". The Arizona Republic. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1020newtimes1020.html. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
- ^ "Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times". Ithaca Times. 2007-10-26. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18959063&BRD=1395&PAG=461&dept_id=216613&rfi=6. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- ^ "Phoenix New Times Files Prelude to Lawsuit in Grand Jury Probe Fiasco". Association of Alternative Weeklies. 2008-02-21. http://aan.org/news/phoenix_new_times_files_prelude_to_lawsuit_in_grand_jury_probe_fiasco/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=204813. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- ^ Kiefer, Michael (2008-02-21). "'New Times' executives intend to sue Maricopa County over arrest". The Arizona Republic. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0220newtimes0221.html. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
External links
- Phoenix New Times official site
- New Times
- Village Voice Media's subsidiary profile of the Phoenix New Times
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