Southern Newspapers

Southern Newspapers Inc. (SNI) is a publishing holding company headquartered in Houston, Texas.^[1] The company was founded as Southern Newspapers, Inc., of Tennessee in 1967 by B. Carmage Walls. Its flagship paper, the Galveston County Daily News is the oldest newspaper in Texas, founded in 1842.^[2]

Publications

The company owns several publications, primarily in Texas, but all of which are located in states along the Gulf Coast of the United States.

Current publications

The April 19, 1842 front page of The Daily News, forerunner to the Galveston County Daily News.

Bay City Tribune (1845) , Bay City, Texas
Baytown Sun (1949) , Baytown, Texas
Brazosport Facts (1913) , Brazoria County, Texas
The Daily Sentinel (1899) , Nacogdoches, Texas
Del Rio News-Herald (1929) , Del Rio, Texas
Fort Payne Times-Journal , Fort Payne, Alabama
The Galveston County Daily News (1842) , Galveston, Texas
Kerrville Daily Times (1908) , Kerrville, Texas
Lufkin Daily News (1906) , Lufkin, Texas
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung (1852) , New Braunfels, Texas
The Paris News (1869) , Paris, Texas
Sand Mountain Reporter , Albertville, Alabama
Scottsboro Daily Sentinel , Scottsboro, Alabama
Seguin Gazette-Enterprise (1888) , Seguin, Texas
Walton Tribune , Monroe, Georgia

Defunct publications

Angleton Times (1893–2004) - absorbed by the Brazosport Facts^[3]
Texas City Sun (1912–2004) - absorbed by the Galveston County Daily News^[4]
Weekly Post (1986–2010) - absorbed by sister paper, the Fort Payne Times-Journal.^[5]

External links

Southern Newspapers Inc.

References

↑ Home page. Southern Newspapers Inc.. Retrieved on January 23, 2010. "5701 Woodway Drive Suite 131 Houston, TX 77057 "
↑ History of the Galveston News http://galvestondailynews.com/history.lasso
↑ Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3748308
↑ Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3810265
↑ "Weekly Post, Times-Journal merge". The Weekly Post. Retrieved 2010-04-02.

Galveston County Daily News: Lufkin, Nacogdoches newspapers join SNI family

Southern Newspapers Inc.
Newspapers	Bay City Tribune Baytown Sun Brazosport Facts The Daily Sentinel Del Rio News-Herald Fort Payne Times-Journal The Daily News (Galveston) Kerrville Daily Times The Lufkin Daily News New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung The Paris News Sand Mountain Reporter Scottsboro Daily Sentinel Seguin Gazette Walton Tribune

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