The Houma Courier Explained

The Courier
Type:	Daily newspaper
Format:	Broadsheet
Foundation:	1878
Owners:	Gannett
Circulation:	5,062 Daily 7,783 Sunday
Circulation Ref:	^[1]

The Houma Courier is a newspaper published daily in Houma, Louisiana, United States, covering Terrebonne Parish.^{[2] [3] [4]} It was owned by Halifax Media Group until 2015, when In 2015, Halifax was acquired by GateHouse Media.^{[5] [6]} It is sometimes simply referred to as The Courier. The paper was founded in 1878 as Le Courrier de Houma by French-born Lafayette Bernard Filhucan Bazet. It first published in four-page, half-French half-English editions.

The Courier has a daily circulation of 19,700 and a Sunday circulation of 22,100. Its online edition, Houma Today, was launched in May 1999.

The Courier won the Louisiana Press Association's Newspaper of the Year award in various categories in 2017.^{[3] [7]}

See also

• List of French-language newspapers published in the United States

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Courier . 2023-04-25 . Louisiana Press Association . en.
2. News: About the Courier . Houma Courier . December 22, 2007 . 2007-12-22.
3. News: LPA Job Bank . . January 26, 2007 . 2007-12-22.
4. News: NYTRNG Newspapers . The New York Times Company . 2007-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071102183532/http://www.nytrng.com/nytrng/newspapers.htm . 2007-11-02.
5. http://ir.newmediainv.com/Cache/1001192429.PDF?Y=&O=PDF&D=&FID=1001192429&T=&IID=4426551 New Media Announces Agreement to Acquire Halifax Media Group for $280.0 Million
6. http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/items/2012/01/06/halifax-media-purchases-16-newspapers.html Halifax Media purchases 16 newspapers
7. News: Better Newspaper, Free Circulation and Special Interest Editorial Competition, Student Newspaper Competition, and Individual Competition Results . . April 14, 2006 . 2007-12-22.