The Marshall News Messenger

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The Marshall News-Messenger.
TypeDaily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Texas Community Media
PublisherAlexander Gould
EditorMeredith Shamburger
Founded1877
Headquarters309 East Austin St.
Marshall, TX 75670
United States
Circulation 2,837(as of 2023) [1]
Website MarshallNewsMessenger.com

The Marshall News Messenger (originally the Marshall Morning News) is a daily newspaper based in Marshall, Texas.

History

There have been three newspapers based in Marshall, Texas: the Texas Republican (1849–1872), the Tri-Weekly Herald (1874), and the current Marshall News Messenger (originally the Marshall Morning News).

The Marshall Morning News was founded in 1919, with the first issue appearing September 7. [2] It was founded by Homer Price and Bryan Blalock. [3] [2]

Several notable people began careers at The Marshall News Messenger: Bill Moyers began his journalism career at age sixteen as a cub reporter, and popular Texas radio talk show host, Mattie Dellinger, had her first job in journalism there in 1953.[ citation needed ]

The Texas Republican and the Tri-Weekly Herald, both published by Robert W. Loughery, were credited with aiding the election of Marshall citizens J.P. Henderson, Edward Clark, and Pendleton Murrah to the Governor's office and Louis T. Wigfall to the U.S. Senate.[ citation needed ]

In the Texas Republican, Loughery defended slavery and plantation agriculture and supported the secession of Texas and later the Confederacy.[ citation needed ] The election of local citizens and the fiery pro-confederate stance of the Texas Republican made it one of the most-read papers in Texas and made Marshall a major political center in Antebellum Texas.[ citation needed ]

Cox Enterprises sold the newspaper to ASP Westward in 2009. In 2012, ASP announced the sale of the Marshall and Longview papers, along with 12 of its other non-daily East Texas papers, to Texas Community Media LLC, a new company formed by the longtime owners of the Victoria Advocate in South Texas. [4]

In August 2024, the newspaper announced it will switch from carrier to postal delivery. [5]

In December 2024, the paper's owner was acquired by Carpenter Media Group. [6]

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References

  1. "2023 Texas Newspaper Directory". Texas Press Association. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  2. 1 2 "New Texas Daily". Editor & Publisher. 11 September 1919.
  3. "The Marshall morning news" . Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  4. South Texas company buys ET newspapers
  5. "Marshall News Messenger home delivery transitions to USPS". Marshall News Messenger. 2024-08-28. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  6. "Carpenter Media Group acquires M. Roberts Media". Editor and Publisher. 2024-12-06. Retrieved 2024-12-07.