Arizona’s Oldest Newspaper, Tucson Citizen to Fold

E&P Reports:

For nearly 140 years, the Tucson Citizen has told the stories of Southern Arizona, but on Saturday, March 21, the state’s oldest newspaper will tell its last — its own.

Gannett Co. Inc., the nation’s largest newspaper publisher, announced in January it would close the Citizen if it didn’t find a buyer for certain assets. Robert J. Dickey, president of Gannett’s U.S. Community Publishing, said the paper was losing money and was a drain on Gannett operations.

That’s right old west nerds, The Citizen reported on Wyatt Earp gunning down his brother’s killer and the Dillinger Gang hanging out in Tucson. Now they will be no more.

The only silver lining to this tragic story is Tucson still has another paper, the Arizona Daily Star. And yes, a city having only one newspaper these days is what we’re calling good news.

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