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Type | Weekly underground newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Founder(s) | Brian Kirby and Phil Wilson |
Publisher | Phil Wilson |
Editor-in-chief | Brian Kirby |
Founded | 1970Los Angeles | in
Political alignment | Radical |
Ceased publication | c. June 1973 |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Circulation | 11,000 |
The Staff was an underground newspaper published in Los Angeles in the 1970s, printing many anti-war articles, and also covering the music scene and popular culture.
The Staff came into existence as a result of the temporary demise of the Los Angeles Free Press, which had been founded and published by Art Kunkin; much of the staff of the Free Press, led by managing editor Brian Kirby and art director Phil Wilson, left to form their own newspaper, calling it The Staff. [1]
They first moved into quarters on Santa Monica Boulevard near Cahuenga Boulevard, in Hollywood, California. They later relocated to Hollywood Boulevard, just west of Western Avenue, in offices above a movie theater that was at that time showing softcore pornography. [1]
This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (May 2019) |
Type | Weekly underground newspaper |
---|---|
Format | Tabloid |
Founder(s) | Brian Kirby and Phil Wilson |
Publisher | Phil Wilson |
Editor-in-chief | Brian Kirby |
Founded | 1970Los Angeles | in
Political alignment | Radical |
Ceased publication | c. June 1973 |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Circulation | 11,000 |
The Staff was an underground newspaper published in Los Angeles in the 1970s, printing many anti-war articles, and also covering the music scene and popular culture.
The Staff came into existence as a result of the temporary demise of the Los Angeles Free Press, which had been founded and published by Art Kunkin; much of the staff of the Free Press, led by managing editor Brian Kirby and art director Phil Wilson, left to form their own newspaper, calling it The Staff. [1]
They first moved into quarters on Santa Monica Boulevard near Cahuenga Boulevard, in Hollywood, California. They later relocated to Hollywood Boulevard, just west of Western Avenue, in offices above a movie theater that was at that time showing softcore pornography. [1]