Los Angeles Free Press

Los Angeles Free Press
	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)
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.

[1] Levin, Bob. The Pirates and the Mouse: Disney's War Against the Underground (Fantagraphics Books, 2003), p. 41.

[2] 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.

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