Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Publisher | Don Sorchych |
Editor | Don Sorchych |
Political alignment | Right-wing |
Headquarters | 6702 E. Cave Creek Road, Suite 3., Cave Creek, Arizona, United States |
Circulation | 37,000 |
Website |
sonorannews |
Sonoran News is a free newspaper in Cave Creek, Arizona, United States. [1] With a circulation of over 37,000, [2] it is the most widely read community newspaper in Maricopa County. [1] It is distributed in Cave Creek, Carefree, Scottsdale, north Phoenix and Desert Hills. It is considered a conservative values newspaper, [3] [4] and bills itself as the "conservative voice of Arizona." [5]
In 2010, the downturn in the economy pushed the formerly weekly newspaper to a twice-monthly publishing schedule. [5]
In 2002, the publisher of the Sonoran News was accused of cybersquatting on the domain of a rival newspaper to reduce its findability. [6]
In 2009, the Sonoran News successfully defended itself against a libel lawsuit from rival paper The Desert Advocate, [7] which the Sonoran News had referred to as the "Deadbeat Advocate", citing the owner's non-payment of back taxes. [8]