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 The July 27, 2005 front page of The Beaumont Enterprise | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Hearst Communications |
| Founder(s) | John W. Leonard |
| Publisher | Jeff Bergin |
| Editor | Kaitlin Bain |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Headquarters | 380 Main Street Beaumont, TX 77701 United States |
| Circulation | 5,925(as of 2023) [1] |
| Website | beaumontenterprise.com |
The Beaumont Enterprise is a newspaper of Hearst Communications, headquartered in Beaumont, Texas. [2] It has been in operation since 1880.
John W. Leonard founded the initial Enterprise as a weekly newspaper in 1880. [3] It became a daily under editor W.W. McLeod in 1896 or 1897, to compete with crosstown rival Beaumont Journal [4] (founded 1889). [5]
In 1907, William P. Hobby became manager and part owner of the Enterprise [6] and bought the paper outright in 1920, [7] while Governor of Texas. One of his co-owners was general manager/associate publisher James Mapes. [8] According to the Texas State Historical Association, the Enterprise "attained national stature" under Mapes' leadership — He came to the newspaper in 1908 and rose to ownership by 1931. [5]
In 1918, Waco-based newspapermen Charles E. Marsh and E.S. Fentress purchased the crosstown competitor Beaumont Journal. Buying two other nearby papers (the weekly Port Arthur News [9] and the daily Orange Leader ), the pair boosted the Journal circulation and eventually Hobby bought the Journal. [10]
Jefferson-Pilot bought the Enterprise and Journal in 1970. [11] Operating separately under the same company for many years, the Enterprise and Journal merged in 1983. [5] The Hearst Corporation acquired the Enterprise from the Jefferson-Pilot insurance company's publications arm in 1984. [12] [13]
Hearst Communications, Inc., often referred to simply as Hearst, is an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
Beaumont is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seat of government of Jefferson County, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area, located in Southeast Texas on the Neches River about 85 miles (137 km) east of Houston. With a population of 115,282 at the 2020 census, Beaumont is the largest incorporated municipality by population near the Louisiana border. Its metropolitan area was the 10th largest in Texas in 2020, and 130th in the United States.
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William Pettus Hobby was known as the publisher/owner of the Beaumont Enterprise when he entered politics and the Democratic Party. Elected in 1914 as Lieutenant Governor of Texas, in 1917 he succeeded to become 27th Governor of the U.S. state of Texas, after James Edward "Pa" Ferguson was impeached and forced to resign. In 1918, Hobby won the office in his own right, serving a full term.
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Beaumont, Texas, USA.
