Times Media Group (Arizona)

Times Media Group is the largest family of free publications in the state of Arizona. Publications include: 85085 Magazine, 85086 Magazine, Ahwatukee Foothills News, College Times Magazine, The Entertainer! Magazine, East Valley Tribune, Gilbert Sun News, Lovin' Life After 50, Nearby News, North Valley Magazine, SanTan Sun News, and Scottsdale Airpark News. TMG also owns and operates AZ Integrated Media, a media distribution and custom publishing company, and runs the website Phoenix.org.

Times Media Group was founded by Arizona publisher Steve Strickbine, and has its headquarters at 1620 W Fountainhead Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85282.

In 2004, Strickbine launched Times Publications, an award-winning monthly circulation family of features and publications based in Tempe, and the highest-circulated family of free-distribution feature publications in the state of Arizona.

Three monthly editions of the paper are circulated in communities including: North Phoenix, Northeast Phoenix, and the East Valley, which are directly distributed to 45,000 homes. In 2013, Times Publications was renamed The Valley Times.

Since its inception the publication has been honored with several Arizona Press Club and Arizona Newspapers Association awards for journalistic excellence, feature writing, investigative journalism, business reporting and general excellence. In 2010, Times executive editor Shanna Hogan, was named Journalist of the Year by the Arizona Press Club.

In 2009, Times Media Group acquired the publication Lovin' Life After 50, a senior active adult publication since 1979. The publication hosts annual expos that cater to the Arizona senior market.

In 2010, the Group acquired Scottsdale Airpark News, a business-to-business publication begun in 1980. The publication is an award-winning magazine, with a circulation of 25,000 copies available at more than 1,000 locations throughout the Scottdale Airport area.

In 2011, the group acquired Nearby News Publications, a trio of direct-mailed publications based in east Phoenix metro area. Nearby News consists of The Groves Report, The View and The North Gilbert Breeze

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