Los Angeles Free Press
Defunct American underground newspaper / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Los Angeles Free Press, also called the "Freep", is often cited as the first, and certainly was the largest, of the underground newspapers of the 1960s.[2] The Freep was founded in 1964 by Art Kunkin, who served as its publisher until 1971 and continued on as its editor-in-chief through June 1973. The paper closed in 1978. It was unsuccessfully revived a number of times afterward.
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Type | Weekly |
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Format | Underground newspaper |
Owner(s) | Art Kunkin (1964–1971) Larry Flynt Publications (1977–1978) |
Founder(s) | Art Kunkin |
Publisher | Art Kunkin (1964–1971) New Way Enterprises, Ltd. (1971–1976) H.A.J., Inc. (1976–1977) Jay Levin (1978) |
Editor-in-chief | Art Kunkin (1964–1973) Jerry Goldberg (1973–1974) Chris Van Ness (1974) Penelope Grenoble (1974–1975) Michael Parrish (1975–1976) Roger J. Gentry (1976–1977) Jay Levin (1978) |
Founded | May 23, 1964; 60 years ago (1964-05-23) |
Ceased publication | April 3, 1978; 46 years ago (1978-04-03) |
Relaunched | 2005, 2020 |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Circulation | 95,000 (1970)[1] |
ISSN | 0024-6573 |
Free online archives | voices.revealdigital.org |
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