Big Spring Herald

Last updated
Big Spring Herald
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)HPC of Texas
PublisherRick Nunez
Founded1904
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters710 Scurry,
Big Spring, Texas 79720, United States
Circulation 1,401(as of 2023) [1]
Sister newspapersSweetwater Reporter, Borger News Herald, Guymon News Herald
ISSN 0746-6811
Website bigspringherald.com

The Big Spring Herald is a newspaper based in Big Spring, Texas, covering the Howard County area of West Texas. It published on weekday afternoons and Sunday mornings. It is owned by Horizon Publications Inc.

Contents

History

The Herald was founded as a weekly in 1904 by brothers-in-law Tom Jordan and W.G. Hayden [2] and became a daily in 1928. [3] In 1929, Harte-Hanks Newspapers bought the paper. [2]

In 2001, Community Newspaper Holdings put the Herald up for sale along with 30 other properties, including fellow West Texas papers the Borger News-Herald and Sweetwater Reporter . [4] Horizon Publications bought the three West Texas papers in 2003. [5]

Related Research Articles

Black Press Group Ltd. (BPG) is a Canadian commercial printer and newspaper publisher founded in 1975 by David Holmes Black, who has no relation to Canadian-born media mogul Conrad Black. Based in Surrey, British Columbia, it was previously owned by the publisher of Toronto Star and Black (80.65%).

Freedom Communications, Inc., was an American media conglomerate that operated daily and weekly newspapers, websites and mobile applications, as well as Coast Magazine and other specialty publications. Headquartered at 625 N. Grand Avenue in Santa Ana, California, it was owned by a private equity firm, 2100 Trust, established in 2010 by investor Aaron Kushner Freedom's flagship newspaper was the Orange County Register, based in Santa Ana.

<i>The Beaumont Enterprise</i>

The Beaumont Enterprise is a newspaper of Hearst Communications, headquartered in Beaumont, Texas. It has been in operation since 1880.

<i>The Marshall News Messenger</i>

The Marshall News Messenger is a daily newspaper based in Marshall, Texas.

The Art Newspaper is a monthly print publication, with daily updates online, founded in 1990 and based in London and New York City. It covers news of the visual arts as they are affected by international politics and economics, developments in law, tax, the art market, the environment and official cultural policy. Currently, the magazine is without editorial leadership.

<i>The Monitor</i> (Texas) Newspaper in McAllen, Texas, United States

The Monitor is a newspaper in McAllen, Texas that covers Starr and Hidalgo counties. It was owned by Freedom Communications until 2012, when Freedom papers in Texas were sold to AIM Media Texas.

<i>Hawaii Tribune-Herald</i> Newspaper published in Hawaii, United States

Hawaii Tribune-Herald is a daily newspaper based in Hilo, Hawaii. It is owned and published by Oahu Publications, a subsidiary of Black Press.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">News-Press & Gazette Company</span> American media company

The News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) is a media company based in St. Joseph, Missouri, wholly owned and operated by the Bradley family. It is presided by Brian Bradley and David R. Bradley, with Hank Bradley (retired), Eric Bradley, and Kit Bradley serving on its board of directors. All are descendants of family patriarch Henry D. Bradley and his son, David Bradley Sr.

RISN Operations Inc., also called Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers, is a privately owned publisher of three daily newspapers and several weekly newspapers in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The company was founded by Illinois-based newspaper executives in early 2007 to purchase the Rhode Island holdings of Journal Register Company, which it did for $8.3 million.

Community Newspapers Inc. (CNI) is a subsidiary of Gannett. Based in New Berlin, Wisconsin, it publishes eight weekly newspapers in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. CNI has about 110 full-time employees and about 30 part-time employees.

The Brazosport Facts is the largest daily newspaper for Brazoria County, Texas, a part of the Greater Houston area. The newspaper is owned by Southern Newspapers Inc., and began in 1913.

The Brownsville Herald is a newspaper based in Brownsville, Texas, United States, circulating in the Cameron County area.

The Victoria Advocate is a daily newspaper independently published in Victoria, Texas. It is the second-oldest paper in Texas and the oldest west of the Colorado River, dating back to May 8, 1846, following the Battle of Palo Alto during the Mexican War. The paper serves the communities of the Victoria metropolitan area.

The Brownwood Bulletin is a daily newspaper based in Brownwood, Texas, United States.

Alta Newspaper Group Limited Partnership is a Vancouver-based publisher of newspapers in Western Canada and Quebec. It owns three small daily newspapers and more than a dozen weeklies.

The Borger News–Herald is a newspaper based in Borger, Texas, covering the Hutchinson County area of West Texas. Owned by Horizon Publications Inc., it publishes Monday through Saturday.

The Sweetwater Reporter is a newspaper based in Sweetwater, Texas, covering the Nolan County area of West Texas. Owned by Horizon Publications Inc., it publishes an evening paper six days a week, Sunday through Friday.

MNG Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Digital First Media and MediaNews Group, is a Denver, Colorado, United States-based newspaper publisher owned by Alden Global Capital. As of May 2021, it owns over 100 newspapers and 200 assorted other publications.

The Fort Bend Herald and Texas Coaster is a newspaper based in Rosenberg, Texas, covering the Fort Bend County area of Texas. It publishes six days a week. It is owned by Hartman Newspapers.

CherryRoad Media is an American newspaper publisher and commercial printer based in New Jersey. It is the communications division of CherryRoad Technologies and was founded in 2020 by its CEO Jeremy Gulban. The company specializes in weekly publications in rural communities. It has received national media attention for rapidly buying and launching new titles amid the decline of newspapers.

References

  1. "2023 Texas Newspaper Directory". Texas Press Association. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  2. 1 2 "Big Spring Herald". Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  3. Hazlewood, Claudia & Odintz, Mark. "Big Spring, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  4. "Alabama-based newspaper firm to sell Borger, Guymon operations". Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  5. "Illinois company buys west Texas papers". Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2012-07-06.