Phoenix New Times

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Phoenix New Times

Type	Alternative weekly
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 and flagship publication of the New Times Media corporation of alternative media.

As the website puts it:

Since its founding in 1970, Phoenix New Times has kept the Valley of the Sun's feet to the fire. Over the years, the paper has attracted hundreds of thousands of loyal readers who consider the paper an unparalleled source of information and insight, from politics and business to music and the arts. Hard-hitting investigative reports on everything from the misadventures of Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the state's troubled juvenile justice system have earned the paper a well-deserved reputation for journalistic fearlessness, and trend-bending cultural coverage in the brash "Inferno" and "Revolver" columns make it a must-read for anyone interested in taking the temperature of "Phat Phoenix." In the process, New Times has collected an unprecedented number of reporting awards in prestigious national contests, as well as in its home state, where it regularly dominates the Arizona Press Club competition and boasts a string of Arizona Journalist of the Year winners. ^[2]

The paper was founded in 1970 by a group of students at Arizona State University, led by Michael Lacey and later, Jim Larkin as a counterculture response to the Kent State Massacre in the spring of that year. Gary Brennan played a role in its creation.

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.