Media
Houston is served by the Houston Chronicle, its only major daily newspaper with wide distribution. The Hearst Corporation, which owns and operates The Chronicle, bought the assets of the Houston Post—its long-time rival and main competition—when The Post ceased operations in 1995. The Post was owned by the family of former Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby of Houston. The only other major publication to serve the city is the Houston Press, a free alternative weekly with a weekly readership of more than 300,000.
Houston Community Newspapers (owned and operated by ASP Westward, L.P.) is a news source for smaller localized communities in and around the city. Houston Community Newspapers publishes 35 suburban newspapers, including 2 daily papers and 33 weekly papers. These "community" papers include, among several others, the 1960 Sun, the Deer Park Progress, the Fort Bend/Southwest Sun, the Humble Observer, the Katy Sun, the Kingwood Observer, the River Oaks Examiner, and the Villager.
(Source: Wikipedia.org)
