Borger News-Herald Explained

Borger News-Herald
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Foundation:1926
Owners:Horizon Publications
Circulation Ref:[1]
Founder:David M. Warren Sr.
Publisher:Rick Nunez
Editor:Jessica Ozbun
Circulation:435
Circulation Date:2023
Headquarters:207 N. Main,
Borger, Texas, 79007,
Oclc:14053261
Website:borgernewsherald.com

The Borger News–Herald is a newspaper based in Borger, Texas, covering the Hutchinson County area of West Texas. Owned by Horizon Publications Inc., it publishes Monday through Saturday.

History

The newspaper was founded as the Hutchinson County Herald in 1926[2] by David M. Warren Sr., who sold it to oilman Roy Whittenburg in 1946. In 1956, Whittenburg sold it to his brother-in-law, W. Glynn Morris. After Morris' retirement in 1977, Jimmy Allison became publisher[3]

In 1978, Donrey Media Group bought the paper and Donald W. Reynolds became publisher.[3] The company sold the newspaper to Community Newspaper Holdings (CNHI) in 1998.[4] In 2001, CNHI put the News-Herald up for sale along with 30 other properties, including fellow West Texas papers the Big Spring Herald and Sweetwater Reporter.[5] Horizon Publications bought the three West Texas papers in 2003.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 Texas Newspaper Directory . https://web.archive.org/web/20230503044946/https://publisher.etype.services/The-Texas-Newspaper-Directory/e-paper-regular-edition/EEA520B114811333 . 2023-05-03 . 2023-05-03 . Texas Press Association.
  2. Web site: 2012-07-06. Borger, Texas. Anderson, H. Allen. Handbook of Texas Online.
  3. http://texaspress.com/newspapers/detail.php?paper_id=47 Borger News-Herald
  4. Book: Roberts, Gene . Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering . 2004 . Kunkel, Thomas . University of Arkansas Press . Fayetteville, Ark. . 9781557287717 . 70.
  5. Web site: Alabama-based newspaper firm to sell Borger, Guymon operations - Amarillo.com - Amarillo Globe-News. amarillo.com. 21 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706161446/http://amarillo.com/stories/2001/02/08/new_sellborger.shtml. 2015-07-06. dead.
  6. Web site: Illinois company buys west Texas papers - Amarillo.com - Amarillo Globe-News. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706112016/http://amarillo.com/stories/052003/new_buyswest.shtml. dead. 6 July 2015. amarillo.com. 21 February 2018.