Newspapers & News Services Arizona Daily Star is based in Tucson, Arizona. Arizona Daily Star is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lee Enterprises Inc. Lee and Gannett Announce Chase Rankin Becomes President and Publisher of Arizona Daily Star. Chase Rankin, vice president of advertising, sales and marketing, has been promoted to president and publisher of the Arizona Daily Star. Rankin, 39, succeeds John M. Humenik, who has advanced to Lee group publisher for Tucson and Madison, Wisconsin.