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| Type | Dailysubscriptioninsert |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet (insert) |
| Owner | Greenspun Media Group |
| Publisher | Brian Greenspun |
| Editor | Brian Greenspun |
| Founded | May 21, 1950; 75 years ago (1950-05-21) |
| Headquarters | 2275 Corporate Circle Drive Suite 300 Henderson,Nevada 89074 U.S. |
| Website | lasvegassun.com |
TheLas Vegas Sun is one of theLas Vegas Valley's two dailysubscriptionnewspapers. It is owned by the Greenspun family and is affiliated withGreenspun Media Group. The paper published afternoons on weekdays from 1990 to 2005 and is now included as a section inside the pages of the morningLas Vegas Review-Journal but continues operating exclusively on its own website.
Its publisher and president is Brian Greenspun, former publisherHank Greenspun's son, who was a college roommate ofPresidentBill Clinton. It has been described as "politically liberal".[1]
TheLas Vegas Sun was first published on May 21, 1950, by Hank Greenspun, who served as its editor until his death. Hank acquired theLas Vegas Free Press and two weeks later renamed it to theLas Vegas Sun. He started theLas Vegas Sun after he received a US$1,000-loan from businessmanNate Mack.[2] From its founding the paper was published in the mornings. Starting in 1989, after it signed aJoint Operating Agreement with theLas Vegas Review-Journal, the paper switched to publishing in the afternoon.[3][4]
OnApril 20, 2009, theLas Vegas Sun was awarded aPulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of the high death rate of construction workers on theLas Vegas Strip amid lax enforcement of regulations. The Pulitzer Prize committee noted that theSun's coverage led to changes in government policy and improved safety conditions.[5][6][7]Alexandra Berzon was the primary author for the four-part series.[7] Berzon soon left the Sun after her win, as did health reporter and Pulitzer finalist Marshall Allen in 2011.
The afternoon edition of the paper was published until September 30, 2005, when, on October 2, 2005, theLas Vegas Sun began distribution with theLas Vegas Review-Journal. The change came about after theSun entered into an amended joint operating agreement with theLas Vegas Review-Journal to deliver theSun with theReview-Journal, but with theSun's content inserted in theReview-Journal. The staff for each paper remained independent.[8]
TheSun is produced by its editors, reporters and photographers at The Greenspun Corporation's suburban Henderson offices, then printed by theReview-Journal and included inside the pages of the morningR-J. The section typically contains no advertisements. The two newspapers' editorial departments continue to have in-print disputes, often on the op-ed pages by Brian Greenspun and formerReview-Journal publisher Sherman Frederick.
Before Christmas in 2009, theSun fired more than half its staff and changed its focus from daily news to feature stories and analysis.[9] Then, in September 2011, the paper laid off a dozen additional employees, with Greenspun pointing to layoffs at theSun as being a direct result of recent layoffs at theReview-Journal.[10]
