Quicksilver Times
| File:Quicksilver times v2 n27 cover.jpg Cover of the Nov. 10–20, 1970 issue | |
| Type | Alternative newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Ireggularly published Tabloid |
| Founder(s) | Terry Becker, Jr., et al. |
| Editor-in-chief | Terry Becker, Jr. |
| Founded | June 16, 1969 in Washington, D.C. |
| Ceased publication | August 1972 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Circulation | 20,000 (as of 1970) |
Quicksilver Times was an antiwar, counterculture underground newspaper published in Washington, DC from 1969 to 1972. Terry Becker Jr., a former college newspaper editor and reporter for the Newhouse News Service, was the main instigator in the founding group of antiwar activists.
Publication history
The Quicksilver Times' first issue was dated June 16, 1969. Publication was irregular. A 1970 article in the Pittsburgh Press described Quicksilver Times as being put out every 10 days by a staff collective, with Terry Becker the first among equals. 20,000 copies were published of each issue at a total cost of $1,200. Staffers were unpaid but each received 400 free copies of each issue to sell for 25 cents each. Other vendors bought copies wholesale from the paper for 10 cents each. Some hippie street vendors were claimed to have sold as many as 1,000 copies.[1] During the latter part of its run, it was publishing once every three weeks.[2] It ran for three years, with its final issue (vol. 4, no. 9) appearing in August 1972.
Overview
It was one of several anti-government underground papers of the period now known to have been infiltrated by government informants.[3][4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ McFeatters, Dale (June 15, 1970). "Underground Press Mushrooming by Digging Up Society's 'Weeds'". Pittsburgh Press. p. 29. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
- ↑ "About this newspaper: Quicksilver Times". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
- ↑ Crewdson, John M. (December 27, 1977). "C.I.A. established many links to journalists in U.S. and abroad". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ↑ History Buff (May 10, 2007). "Quicksilver Times: a study in the infiltration and manipulation of alternative media". Los Angeles Indymedia. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
- ↑ Mackenzie, Angus (April 22, 1999). Secrets: The CIA's War at Home. University of California Press. pp. 31–34. ISBN 9780520219557.
