The Beaumont Enterprise
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 The July 27, 2005 front page of The Beaumont Enterprise | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Hearst Communications |
| Founder(s) | John W. Leonard |
| Publisher | Jeff Bergin |
| Editor | Kaitlin Bain |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Headquarters | 380 Main Street Beaumont, TX 77701 United States |
| Circulation | 5,925 (as of 2023)[1] |
| Website | beaumontenterprise.com |
The Beaumont Enterprise is a newspaper of Hearst Communications, headquartered in Beaumont, Texas.[2] It has been in operation since 1880.
History
[edit]John W. Leonard founded the initial Enterprise as a weekly newspaper in 1880.[3] It became a daily under editor W.W. McLeod in 1896 or 1897, to compete with crosstown rival Beaumont Journal[4] (founded 1889).[5]
In 1907, William P. Hobby became manager and part owner of the Enterprise [6] and bought the paper outright in 1920,[7] while Governor of Texas. One of his co-owners was general manager/associate publisher James Mapes.[8] According to the Texas State Historical Association, the Enterprise "attained national stature" under Mapes' leadership — He came to the newspaper in 1908 and rose to ownership by 1931.[5]
In 1918, Waco-based newspapermen Charles E. Marsh and E.S. Fentress purchased the crosstown competitor Beaumont Journal. Buying two other nearby papers (the weekly Port Arthur News[9] and the daily Orange Leader), the pair boosted the Journal circulation and eventually Hobby bought the Journal.[10]
Jefferson-Pilot bought the Enterprise and Journal in 1970.[11] Operating separately under the same company for many years, the Enterprise and Journal merged in 1983.[5] The Hearst Corporation acquired the Enterprise from the Jefferson-Pilot insurance company's publications arm in 1984.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "2023 Texas Newspaper Directory". Texas Press Association. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "Contact Us." The Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved on August 20, 2010.
- ^ Kleiner, Diana J. "Beaumont Enterprise". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "125 Years in Print: Pages Bronzed by Time" (PDF). HurricaneArchive.org. Beaumont Enterprise. November 6, 2005. p. A6.
- ^ a b c Beaumont Enterprise
- ^ William P. Hobby Jr. "Hobby, William Pettus". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ Texas Paper Is In New Hands (Jan. 17, 1920)
- ^ Beaumont "Enterprise" Ownership Changed
- ^ PAnews.com: Port Arthur News history, accessed January 20, 2007.
- ^ Kopper, Philip; Dillon, Peggy (2000). Anonymous Giver: A life of Charles E. Marsh. Washington, D.C.: Public Welfare Foundation. pp. 30–31. OCLC 46697161.
- ^ "J-P Buys Texas Newspaper". The Charlotte Observer. November 22, 1970. p. 9B.
- ^ Jefferson-Pilot Corp. to sell three newspapers
- ^ The Reign of S.F.'s `Monarch of the Dailies' / Hearst media empire started with Examiner
