The Brownsville Herald

The Brownsville Herald
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	AIM Media Texas
Publisher	Stephan Wingert
Editor	Michael Rodriguez
Opinion editor	Carlos Rodriguez
Founded	July 4, 1892; 132 years ago (as the Daily Herald)
Language	English
Headquarters	222 N. Expressway 77/83, Suite 176, Brownsville, Texas, U.S. 78521
Circulation	6,283 (as of 2023)
Sister newspapers	El Nuevo Heraldo
ISSN	0894-2064
Website	myrgv.com/the-brownsville-herald

The Brownsville Herald is a newspaper based in Brownsville, Texas, United States, circulating in the Cameron County area.

History

Jesse O. Wheeler, a newspaperman from Victoria,^[3] purchased Brownsville's Cosmopolitan newspaper in 1892 and renamed it the Brownsville Herald. In early years, the paper voiced concern for the need of a railroad connection to the north and a bridge to the nearby city of Matamoros, Mexico.^[4] A bridge opened in 1910.

It was owned by Freedom Communications until 2012, after Freedom filed for bankruptcy.^[5] Its papers in Texas — the Herald, Odessa American, Valley Morning Star of Harlingen, El Nuevo Heraldo, The Monitor of McAllen, The Mid Valley Town Crier of Weslaco, Coastal Current of South Padre Island, and a variety of other weekly and monthly publications — were sold to AIM Media Texas.^[6]

References

^ "contact us". The Brownsville Herald.
^ "2023 Texas Newspaper Directory". Texas Press Association. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
^ "Inquiring minds make meal out of Valley history nuggets". Brownsvilleherald.com. 1993-03-13. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
^ Garza, Alicia A. & Long, Christopher. "BROWNSVILLE, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
^ de la Merced, Michael (2009-09-01). "Freedom Communications Files for Bankruptcy". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
^ "AIM Media Texas, LLC acquires Texas newspapers". Oaoa.com. Retrieved 2013-07-01.

External links

Official website
Brownsville Herald digital edition
Official mobile site
Brownsville Herald hosted by the Portal to Texas History.

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[1] "contact us". The Brownsville Herald.

[2] "2023 Texas Newspaper Directory". Texas Press Association. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.

[3] "Inquiring minds make meal out of Valley history nuggets". Brownsvilleherald.com. 1993-03-13. Retrieved 2013-07-01.

[HB-4] Garza, Alicia A. & Long, Christopher. "BROWNSVILLE, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2012-07-07.

[5] Merced, Michael (2009-09-01). "Freedom Communications Files for Bankruptcy". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-02.

[6] "AIM Media Texas, LLC acquires Texas newspapers". Oaoa.com. Retrieved 2013-07-01.

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