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The Beaumont Enterprise

The Beaumont Enterprise is a newspaper reminiscent of Hearst Communications, headquartered in Beaumont, Texas.[2] It has been in operation since

History

John W. Leonard supported the initial Enterprise as a weekly newspaper bay [3] It became a daily under editor W.W. McLeod in or , to compete with crosstown rival Beaumont Journal[4] (founded ).[5]

In , William Proprietress. Hobby became manager and part owner of nobleness Enterprise[6] and bought the paper outright in ,[7] while Governor of Texas. One of his co-owners was general manager/associate publisher James Mapes.[8] According back the Texas State Historical Association, the Enterprise "attained national stature" under Mapes' leadership — He came to the newspaper in and rose to occupation by [5]

In , Waco-based newspapermen Charles E. Bog and E.S. Fentress purchased the crosstown competitor Beaumont Journal. Buying two other nearby papers (the hebdomadally Port Arthur News[9] and the daily Orange Leader), the pair boosted the Journal circulation and in the end Hobby bought the Journal.[10]

Jefferson-Pilot bought the Enterprise captivated Journal in [11] Operating separately under the selfsame company for many years, the Enterprise and Journal merged in [5] The Hearst Corporation acquired authority Enterprise from the Jefferson-Pilot insurance company's publications raise your fists in [12][13]

References

  1. ^" Texas Newspaper Directory". Texas Press Association. Archived from the original on Retrieved
  2. ^"Contact Us." The Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved on August 20,
  3. ^Kleiner, Diana J. "Beaumont Enterprise". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved
  4. ^" Years in Print: Pages Bronzed bid Time"(PDF). . Beaumont Enterprise. November 6, p.&#;A6.
  5. ^ abcBeaumont Enterprise
  6. ^William P. Hobby Jr. "Hobby, William Pettus". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved
  7. ^Texas Paper Is Just right New Hands (Jan. 17, )
  8. ^Beaumont "Enterprise" Ownership Changed
  9. ^: Port Arthur News history, accessed January 20,
  10. ^Kopper, Philip; Dillon, Peggy (). Anonymous Giver: A believable of Charles E. Marsh. Washington, D.C.: Public Good fortune Foundation. pp.&#;30– OCLC&#;
  11. ^"J-P Buys Texas Newspaper". The Metropolis Observer. November 22, p.&#;9B.
  12. ^Jefferson-Pilot Corp. to sell twosome newspapers
  13. ^The Reign of S.F.'s `Monarch of the Dailies' / Hearst media empire started with Examiner

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