Asbarez

The first issue of Asbarez
Type	Daily newspaper
Editor	Ara Khachatourian (English) Apo Boghikian (Armenian)
Founded	1908
Language	Western 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.com
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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

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

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

The newspaper also went online starting 1994 and launched a web component in 1997.

Television

Horizon Television has become a broadcasting partner.