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Brian Greenspun

Publisher & Editor

Brian Greenspun is publisher and editor of the Las Vegas Sun, founded by his father, Hank Greenspun, in 1950. He is also chairman of the Greenspun Corporation, responsible for his family’s business interests, which include real estate development (American Nevada Corporation), the city travel site (VEGAS.com), print and online publishing (Greenspun Media Group, the largest magazine publisher in Nevada) and luxury city magazines (Niche Media Holdings).

Greenspun has bachelor’s and law degrees from Georgetown University, serves on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation and the Board of Trustees for The Brookings Institution.

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Brian Greenspun, publisher & editor, Las Vegas Sun, says his father, Hank Greenspun, founded the newspaper in 1950. Greenspun purchased The Free Press, a newspaper run by striking Las Vegas Review-Journal pressmen, and converted it into The Sun. Hank Greenspun blazed a trail through Las Vegas history, tussling with Sen. Pat McCarran and Sen. Joe McCarthy, and helping to convince Howard Hughes to invest in the gambling Mecca.