Southern Newspapers Explained

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 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.

Current publications

• Bay City Tribune (1845) http://baycitytribune.com, Bay City, Texas
• Baytown Sun (1949) http://baytownsun.com, Baytown, Texas
• Brazosport Facts (1913) http://thefacts.com, Brazoria County, Texas
• The Daily Sentinel (1899) http://www.dailysentinel.com/, Nacogdoches, Texas
• Fort Payne Times-Journal http://times-journal.com, Fort Payne, Alabama
• The Galveston County Daily News (1842) http://galvestondailynews.com, Galveston, Texas
• Kerrville Daily Times (1908) http://dailytimes.com, Kerrville, Texas
• The Lawton Constitution (1904) http://lawtonconstitution.com, Lawton, Oklahoma
• Lufkin Daily News (1906) http://www.lufkindailynews.com, Lufkin, Texas
• New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung (1852) http://herald-zeitung.com, New Braunfels, Texas
• The Paris News (1869) http://theparisnews.com, Paris, Texas
• Sand Mountain Reporter http://sandmountainreporter.com, Albertville, Alabama
• Scottsboro Daily Sentinel http://thedailysentinel.com, Scottsboro, Alabama
• Seguin Gazette (1888) http://seguingazette.com, Seguin, Texas
• Walton Tribune http://waltontribune.com, Monroe, Georgia

Defunct publications

• Angleton Times (1893–2004) - absorbed by the Brazosport Facts^[3]
• Del Rio News-Herald (1929–2020) - discontinued^[4]
• Texas City Sun (1912–2004) - absorbed by the Galveston County Daily News^[5]
• Weekly Post (1986–2010) - absorbed by sister paper, the Fort Payne Times-Journal.^[6]

External links

• Texas Digital Newspaper Program

References

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.sninews.com/ Home page
2. http://galvestondailynews.com/history.lasso History of the Galveston News http://galvestondailynews.com/history.lasso
3. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3748308 Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3748308
4. Web site: Del Rio News-Herald to publish final edition. 2020-11-18. delrionewsherald.com. en.
5. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3810265 Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3810265
6. News: Weekly Post, Times-Journal merge. The Weekly Post. 2010-04-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100706230143/http://www.theweeklypost.com/story.lasso?ewcd=039339ca08bb6c0c. 2010-07-06.