Asbarez
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Editor | Ara Khachatourian (English) Apo Boghikian (Armenian) |
Founded | 1908 |
Language | Armenian, American English |
Headquarters | 1203 N Vermont Ave, Little Armenia, Los Angeles, CA 90029 USA |
City | Fresno, California |
Country | United States |
ISSN | 0004-4229 |
OCLC number | 3973991 |
Website | asbarez |
Asbarez (Armenian: Ասպարէզ "Arena") is an Armenian-American bilingual daily newspaper published in Armenian and English in Los Angeles, California, by the Western USA Central Committee of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
History
[edit]The newspaper began publication in 1908 in Fresno, California. It moved to southern California several decades later when a large Armenian-American community emerged there. Before moving to a new headquarters in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles in the 1970s, the newspaper's headquarters was located in Glendale, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.[1]
The daily is published five times a week. It is from 16 to 28 pages, Tuesdays through Fridays and 40 to 48 pages on Saturdays. It also regularly publishes magazine supplements on special occasions.
Asbarez in English
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The newspaper that includes both Armenian and English sections. After being an all-Armenian newspaper, a regular English section was added on May 1, 1970. The English section became a daily feature starting January 1993.
Online publication
[edit]The newspaper also went online starting 1994 and launched a web component in 1997.
Television
[edit]Horizon Television has become a broadcasting partner.
References
[edit]- ^ "About Asparēz = Asbarez. [volume] (Fresno, Calif.) 1908-????". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
External links
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