The Arizona Republic is a daily
newspaper published in
Phoenix,
Arizona. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the
Gannett newspaper chain. It was ranked tenth in US daily newspapers by circulation in 2007.
Dwight B. Heard, a Phoenix land and cattle baron, ran the newspaper from 1912 until his death in 1929. The paper was then run by two of its top executives, Charles Stauffer and W. Wesley Knorpp, until it was bought by Midwestern newspaper magnate Eugene C. Pulliam in 1946. Stauffer and Knorpp had changed the newspaper's name to The Arizona Republic in 1930, and also had bought the rival Phoenix Evening Gazette and Phoenix Weekly Gazette, later known, respectively, as The Phoenix Gazette and the Arizona Business Gazette.
Pulliam era
Pulliam, who bought the two
Gazettes as well as the
Republic, ran all three newspapers until his death in 1975 at the age of 86. A strong period of growth came under Pulliam, who imprinted the newspaper with his conservative brand of politics and his drive for civic leadership. Pulliam was considered one of the influential business leaders who created the modern Phoenix area as it is known today.
Pulliam's holding company, Central Newspapers, Inc., as led by Pulliam's widow and son, assumed operation of the Republic/Gazette family of papers upon the elder Pulliam's death. The Phoenix Gazette was closed in 1997 and its staff merged with that of the Republic. The Arizona Business Gazette is still published to this day.
In 1998, a weekly section geared towards college students, "The Rep", went into circulation. Specialized content is also available in the local sections produced for many of the different cities and suburbs that make up the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Gannett purchase
Central Newspapers was purchased by Gannett in 2000, bringing it into common ownership with
USA Today and the local Phoenix
NBC television affiliate,
KPNX. The
Republic and KPNX combine their forces to produce their common local news website,
www.azcentral.com. It is the most-visited site in the state of Arizona and is among the most-trafficked newspaper websites in the U.S.
Staff
Notable figures include
Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist
Steve Benson and Luis Manuel Ortiz, the only Hispanic member of the Arizona Journalism Hall of Fame. One of Arizona's best-known sports writers,
Norm Frauenheim, retired in 2008. Multiple staff members have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.
Don Bolles murder
An investigative reporter for the newspaper,
Don Bolles, was the victim of a car bombing on June 2, 1976, dying eleven days afterward. He had been lured to a meeting in Phoenix in the course of work on a story about corruption in local politics and business and the bomb detonated as he started his car to leave. Retaliation against his pursuit of organized crime in Arizona is thought to be a motive in the murder.
Editorial positions
The Arizona Republic editorial board endorsed President
George W. Bush in both the
2000 and
2004 presidential elections. In local elections, it has recently endorsed Democratic candidates such as former Arizona Governor and now
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and former Arizona Congressman
Harry Mitchell. On October 25, 2008, the paper endorsed Arizona Senator
John McCain for president.
Sections
Valley and State
Classifieds
News (first section)
Sports
Arizona Living
Calendar (formerly The Rep) (Thursdays only)
Travel (Sundays only)
Arts & Entertainment (Sundays only)
Business
Local (localized compact newspapers referred to as "Community papers/editions" Wednesday-Saturday only)
References
External links
Official web site
Official mobile web site
History of the Republic from Arizona Newspapers Association website
Category:Gannett publications
Category:Newspapers published in Arizona
Category:Media in Phoenix, Arizona
Category:Publications established in 1890
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