Temple Daily Telegram
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| Temple Daily Telegram | |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Frank Mayborn Enterprises, Inc. |
| Editor | Sue Mayborn |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Headquarters | Temple, Texas |
| Circulation | 19,416 daily; 23,078 Sunday |
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| Website: http://www.temple-telegram.com.com/ | |
The Temple Daily Telegram is a seven-day, morning newspaper and leading source of information for Central Texans since 1907.
The Telegram has a circulation exceeding 25,000 on Sunday and 22,000 daily. With an emphasis on local news and civic involvement, the 140 employees of the Telegram serve the economically stable and diverse Central Texas area with distinction.
The locally owned Telegram, one of the few papers of its size in the state which can still make that claim, places a priority on local news and events. Because of its independent status, the Telegram is able to change to meet the community's needs as they arise.
The newspaper evolved from a dynamic environment created by a plethora of publications which circulated in Temple between 1881 and 1907. In 1907, E. K. Williams and J. F. Crouch crafted the Temple Times into the Temple Daily Telegram, the city's first daily newspaper.
On Nov. 1, 1929, Ward C. Mayborn and his three sons, Frank, Don and Ted, bought the Temple Telegram. Ward, a successful newspaperman, left in late 1930 to become the general manager of the Baltimore News American. His son, Frank Mayborn, assisted by a cadre of hard-working employees, struggled, but kept the paper afloat during the Depression era.
After three years of service in World War II, Frank W. Mayborn returned to become editor and publisher of the Temple Daily Telegram. He stayed in Temple to run the Telegram for 58 years. His wife, Sue, who had worked with him for many years, has run the paper since his death in 1987.
In addition to the standard business, entertainment, state, national and world news, the Telegram reports on actions of city councils and school boards which impact the daily lives of its readers.
All the while Telegram staffers are urged to keep in mind that their foremost duty is to provide the information necessary for their readers to make informed decisions on the things that matter most in their lives.
