Asbarez

Overview

Asbarez (Armenian for "Arena") is a bilingual Armenian-American daily newspaper published in Armenian and English, serving the more than 500,000-strong Armenian-American community in the Western United States from Los Angeles, California.

History

The paper was founded in Fresno, California in 1908 by a group of local Armenian immigrant community members, including Aslan Aslanian, Bedros Hagopian, Levon Hagopian, Hovaness Kabadayan, Abraham Seklemian, Arpaxat Setrakian and Avedis Tufenkjian. It relocated to Southern California in the early 1970s, first printing in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles before moving to Glendale and later to the Little Armenia neighborhood in 2008. Asbarez began publishing an English-language section on May 1, 1970, which became a daily publication in January 1993. The paper launched online through the Groong Armenian News Network in 1994 and its own website in 1997. It served as the official newspaper of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation for the Western United States until a 2020 schism within the ARF's Western Central Committee.

Notable works

Asbarez has covered the Armenian Genocide, the first independent Republic of Armenia, the 1988 Armenian earthquake, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict, and has partnered with the Los Angeles Times on subscriber distribution.

Key personnel

English-language Editor: Ara Khachatourian

Audience

Asbarez primarily serves the Armenian-American community of the Western United States, publishing five days a week in a bilingual Armenian-English format from 16 to 48 pages depending on the edition.

Location and contact info

Address
Little Armenia, Los Angeles, California
Website
https://asbarez.com