Intro to Tucson Citizen: Founder and History

The daily newspaper Tucson Citizen was a newspaper in Arizona, which stopped publication in 2009. In operation since 1870, the newspaper had become a regarded source in the media with a circulation of 60,000 back in the 1950-60s and a few years after that decade. However its closing down was preceded by a counting of 17,000 circulations in 2009, before May 16.

The Tucson Citizen used to be the oldest published newspaper in Arizona. Founded by Richard C. McCormick and John Wasson, on October 15 in 1870, the newspaper was called the Arizona Citizen. At the time of closure the newspaper was in continuous publication ever since its inception in the 19th century. The founder, McCormick, had originally owned the Arizonian.

More info about Tucson Citizen

http://www.gannett.com/about/map/ataglance/tucso.htm

Tucson closure news

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In a conflict of political interest with the editor Wasson, Mc Cormick faced refusal of support in the re-election of congressional delegate of Arizona. Between 1901 and 1920, Allen B. Jaynes presided as the owner of the Tucson Citizen. With investments coming to the company from Small and Johnson through the difficult period in 1930's, ownerships remained with them till Small was sold the remaining shares in the 1960's.

Tucson obituaries

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tucson/

William A. Small, later William A. Small Jr., the owners thereafter managed to keep the company till 1976, and sold it to Gannett Company. However with gradual decrease in circulation thereafter, the new millennium was time to call it quits. The city of Tucson has been a reader of the newspaper for over a century, but the end seemed to be rather human.

History of Tucson Citizen

http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Tucson_Citizen::sub::History