| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | E. W. Scripps Company |
| Publisher | Kim Nussbaum |
| Editor | Barton Cromeens |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Headquarters | 101 Cypress Street Abilene, TX 79601 United States |
| Official website | reporter-news.com |
Abilene Reporter-News is a daily newspaper based in Abilene, Texas, USA. The newspaper started publishing three months after Abilene was founded by C.E. Gilbert, effective June 17, 1881. It is hence the oldest continuous business in the city.
A fire destroyed several buildings in Abilene, including Gilbert's office. He hence rode the train twenty-one miles east to Baird and used a borrowed printing press to produce an extra edition on the fire. Two other Abilene papers began publication in the 1880s.[1]
The newspaper, owned in the early 1920s by Ed Hanks, in 1924 became one of the two original flagships of the Harte-Hanks newspaper chain.[2] Scripps began operating the newspaper in 1997 after purchasing it from Harte-Hanks.
The E. W. Scripps Company is the current owner of the Abilene Reporter News.
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