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 Cover of the Dec. 15–22, 1967, edition of the Los Angeles Free Press. | |
| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Ceased publication | April 3, 1978 |
| Relaunched | 2005, 2020 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
| Circulation | 95,000 (1970)[1] |
| ISSN | 0024-6573 |
| Free online archives | voices.revealdigital.org |
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.
- ^ Levin, Bob. The Pirates and the Mouse: Disney's War Against the Underground (Fantagraphics Books, 2003), p. 41.
- ^ Kunkin, Anna (September 11–17, 2020). "The First Underground Newspaper". Los Angeles Free Press. Vol. 6, no. 103. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved December 25, 2022.