Brownwood Bulletin
{{Short description|Daily newspaper based in Brownwood, Texas}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Brownwood Bulletin
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| foundation = 1880–1900
| circulation = 4,275
| circulation_date = 2023
| owners = CherryRoad Media
| headquarters = 700 Carnegie St
Brownwood, TX 76801
United States
| editor = Derrick Stuckly (interim)
| website = [http://brownwoodtx.com/ brownwoodtx.com]|
}}
The Brownwood Bulletin is a daily newspaper based in Brownwood, Texas, United States.
History
Brownwood attorney William Harding Mayes purchased the weeklies Brownwood Bulletin in the 1886 and Brownwood Banner in the 1887, consolidating them into the Brownwood Banner-Bulletin.{{Cite web|url=http://texaspress.com/1899-1900-wh-mayes-01|title=1899-1900 W.H. Mayes Brownwood Bulletin | Texas Press Association|accessdate=11 March 2023}} His brother H.F. Mayes and he started the daily Brownwood Daily Bulletin on October 15, 1900. He published the newspaper until 1914.{{cite web|access-date=2012-07-07|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fma89|title=Mayes, William Harding|work=Handbook of Texas Online}}
H.F. Mayes and J.C. White bought the newspaper operation in 1919 and operated it until 1940, when C.C. Woodson bought the daily Bulletin. In 1933, The weekly Banner-Bulletin and its commercial printing division were sold to Mayes' son, Wendell W. Mayes, and partner John W. Blake, who renamed it the Brownwood Banner; the company was later sold to Clark Coursey. The papers merged in the 1950s.{{cite web|title=Bulletin marks 100 years today|publisher=Brownwood Bulletin|date=October 15, 2000|access-date=February 24, 2015|url=http://www.brownwoodtx.com/article_7b89301c-2853-5ebe-b791-9e6e48151e17.html}} In 1959, Woodson's son, Craig, bought the newspaper and began building a small chain of area newspapers.
In 1971, the newspaper moved to its current location and began using an offset press. In 1989, the Woodson Newspapers Inc. chain was sold to Boone Publishing of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CXo0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=oaUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6748,7976840|title=The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|accessdate=11 March 2023}} American Consolidated Media acquired the Bulletin in 1999.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecherokeean.com/news/2010-07-07/Statewide/TPA_elects_Brincefield_as_201011_president.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503011929/http://www.thecherokeean.com/news/2010-07-07/Statewide/TPA_elects_Brincefield_as_201011_president.html|url-status=dead|title=TPA elects Brincefield as 2010-11 president|archive-date=3 May 2014|access-date=11 March 2023}}
The Macquarie Group bought Bulletin parent company American Consolidated Media in 2007. ACM violated a $133.7 million loan agreement in 2009, and a group of lenders took over the company from Macquarie subsidiary Southern Cross Media Group in 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.athensnews.com/news/local/who-owns-the-messenger-now/article_c1285549-141a-5d8c-b0bb-a7350bd489cd.html|title=Who owns The Messenger now?|first=Jim|last=Phillips|website=The Athens NEWS|accessdate=11 March 2023}}{{Cite web|url=http://editorandpublisher.com/PrintArticle/Following-Loan-Breach-Banks-Take-Control-of-Hibbing-Daily-Tribune-Parent|title=Following Loan Breach, Banks Take Control of Hibbing Daily Tribune Parent|accessdate=11 March 2023}}{{Cite web|url=http://ashlandcurrent.com/article/10/07/01/lenders-take-control-ashland-daily-press-updated-3|title=Lenders Take Control Of Ashland Daily Press [Updated 3] | Ashland Current|date=1 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101190834/http://ashlandcurrent.com/article/10/07/01/lenders-take-control-ashland-daily-press-updated-3 |accessdate=11 March 2023|archive-date=2010-11-01 }}{{Cite web|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/macquarie-set-to-lose-control-of-acm-on-loans/|title=Macquarie Set to Lose Control of A.C.M. on Loans|date=13 October 2009|website=DealBook|accessdate=11 March 2023}}
First published as a daily Monday through Saturday, a Sunday edition was added in 1940. The Saturday edition was dropped in 1953, but reinstated in 2004. The Bulletin went back to six-day publication when it dropped the Monday edition in 2009.
In 2005, the paper changed to morning delivery. Its publication cycle had previously been afternoon delivery.
The Bulletin began its website, brownwoodbulletin.com, in 1999. It moved to brownwoodtx.com in 2011.
In 2014, ACM sold its Texas and Oklahoma newspapers to New Media Investment Group.{{Cite web | title = New Media Acquires Texas and Oklahoma Newspapers | access-date = 2014-08-22 | url = http://www.dirksvanessen.com/press_releases/view/183/new-media-acquires-texas-and-o/ | archive-date = 2014-08-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140816184010/http://www.dirksvanessen.com/press_releases/view/183/new-media-acquires-texas-and-o/ | url-status = dead }}
Gannett sold the paper, along with 16 others to CherryRoad Media in February 2022.{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |last3= |date=2022-01-28 |title=CherryRoad Media acquiring Texas and Oklahoma newspapers |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/cherryroad-media-acquiring-texas-and-oklahoma-newspapers,216651 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Editor & Publisher |language=en}}
Key dates in ''Brownwood Bulletin'' history
- Oct. 15, 1900: Newspaper began daily publication
- 1905: New building constructed in downtown Brownwood
- 1971: Moved to current Carnegie Street location and began using offset printing press
- December 1999: Launch of the Bulletin's Web site www.brownwoodbulletin.com
- September 2004: Reintroduction of the Saturday Bulletin
- December 2005: Changed to seven-day-a-week morning delivery schedule
- October 2009: Changed to six-day-a-week morning delivery schedule (no Monday paper)
- July 2011: The Bulletin changed its website over to a community-based model and moved to brownwoodtx.com
The Bulletin, as of 2023, is owned by CherryRoad Media.{{Cite web|url=https://publisher.etype.services/Texas-Press-Assoc/|title=eTypeWebsite|website=publisher.etype.services|accessdate=11 March 2023}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|Texas}}
- [http://www.brownwoodtx.com/ Official Website of the Brownwood Bulletin]
- [http://www.wtpa.org/ West Texas Press Association]
- [https://archive.today/20140208073449/http://amconmedia.com/ American Consolidated Media]
- [https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/titles/t00015/ Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.) 19??-current] hosted by the [http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History].
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