ASP Westward, L.P., or "Westward," was a local newspaper company, headquartered in

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''. Tuesday August 28, 2012. Retrieved on April 14, 2014.

Houston Community Newspapers

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''. March 14, 2008. Retrieved on April 14, 2014. operating a chain of 28 local newspapers. This division was headquartered in Greenspoint, Houston. In 2016 the

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, the parent company of the ''

'', acquired HCN. HCN operated several newspapers based out of different offices. Its Southwest Office-Central had the operations of the ''West U Examiner'', ''River Oaks Examiner'', ''Bellaire Examiner'', ''Memorial Examiner'', ''The Rancher'' of Katy, and the ''Sugar Land Sun''. Its South Office- Clear Lake has the ''Bay Area Citizen'', ''Deer Park Broadcaster'', ''Friendswood Journal'', ''Pasadena Citizen'', and ''Pearland Journal''. Its Northeast Office - Humble had the operations of the ''Atascocita Observer'', the ''East Montgomery County Observer'', the ''Humble Observer'', the ''Kingwood Observer'', and the ''Lake Houston Observer''. The North Office - The Woodlands had operations of the ''Spring Observer'' and ''The Woodlands Observer''. The operations of ''The Courier'' were based out of the North Office- Conroe. The Northeast Office-

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housed the operations of the '' Cleveland Advocate'', the ''Dayton News'', and the ''Easttex Advocate''. The Northwest Office - Tomball housed the operations of the ''Cypress Creek Mirror'', the ''Magnolia Potpourri'', and the ''Tomball Potpourri''. The ''Mirror'' had

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HCN History

In April 2006, prior to the purchase of the Examiner Newspaper Group, another local newspaper company, HCN had 31 newspapers.AROUND THE REGION
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''. April 29, 2006. Business. Retrieved on April 14, 2014. In 2006 George Boehme sold the Examiner Newspaper Group to ASP Westward,Zheng, Zen T.C.
Local news service operator sued
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''. January 16, 2008. Retrieved on April 14, 2014. for $2.1 million. At the time, the purchase price was not disclosed. HCN hired Boehme as a regional publisher and he held this job for one year. In May 2007, Boehme stopped working for the company. He started InstantNewsNetwork.com Inc. weeks after he left HCN. Boehme announced on January 7, 2008, that it would purchase FortBendNow.com Inc. from Bob Dunn. Later that month HCN announced that it was suing Boehme for violating non-soliciation and non-competition provisions of the purchase agreement. In 2006 the ''

'' ranked the ''Fort Bend/Southwest Sun'' the "Best Community Newspaper Houston 2006". In 2010 the ''Houston Press'' ranked the Examiner Newspaper Group division of the HCN the "Best Community Newspaper Houston 2010". 1013 Communications, a

company, acquired the company including the HCN group in 2012. In 2016 the

, the parent company of the ''

'', acquired HCN. As part of the deal the ''Examiner'' papers became a part of the Hearst Corporation. Ray Biggerstaff was the publisher of ''The Woodlands Villager'' and ''The Courier'' from 2011 to 2013.

East Texas Community Newspapers

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ASP Westward did business as East Texas Community Newspapers (ETCN). This division was headquartered in Longview,East Texas
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Longview News-Journal The ''Longview News-Journal'' is the major newspaper printed in the City of Longview, Texas. History Dating to 1871 independent publishers, including James Hogg, later Texas governor, and Carl Estes, Longview civic figure, the publication was ...

'' * '' The Marshall News Messenger'' * '' Mineola Monitor'' * ''Daingerfield Bee'' * ''Big Sandy & Hawkins Journal'' * ''Pittsburg Gazette'' * '' Gladewater Mirror'' * ''Atlanta Citizens Journal'' * ''Cass County Shopper'' * ''Panola Watchman'' * ''Panola County Shopper'' * '' Grand Saline Sun'' * ''Edgewood Enterprise'' * '' Wood County Democrat'' (Quitman) * ''Lindale News & Times'' * ''Bowie County Tribune'' (New Boston) * ''DeKalb News'' * ''Overton Press'' * ''Cass County Sun'' (Linden)

ETCN history

In June 2012 Texas Community Media LLC announced that it had agreed to purchase multiple newspapers from ASP Westward. These papers included the daily ''

'', the '' Marshall News Messenger'', and twelve weekly newspapers. The weeklies included, the ''Atlanta Citizens Journal'', ''The Big Sandy & Hawkins Journal'', the ''Bowie County Citizens Tribune'', the ''Cass County Sun'', ''The Daingerfield Bee'', ''The Gladewater Mirror'', '' The Grand Saline Sun'', the ''Lindale News & Times'', the '' Mineola Monitor'', the ''Panola Watchman'', ''The Pittsburg Gazette'', and the '' Wood County Democrat''. The weekly and daily newspapers had a combined circulation of almost 300,000, with the ''News-Journal'' having an over 23,000 daily paid circulation.

Colorado Community Newspapers

Colorado Community Newspapers was headquartered in Castle Rock and included: ''Castle Rock News-Press'', ''Centennial Citizen'', ''Douglas County News-Press'', ''Elbert County News'', ''Gleneagle/Black Forest'', ''Highlands Ranch Herald'', ''Littleton Independent'', ''Lone Tree Voice'', ''Parker Chronicle'', ''Pikes Peak Courier View'', ''Teller County Extra'', ''The Tribune/Monument'', and ''Tri-Lakes Tribune/Tri-Lakes''.Colorado Community Newspapers
" "Colorado Community Newspapers 125 Stephanie Place Castle Rock, CO 80109"

References

External links

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2011 Distribution Map - HoustonArchive

2011 Distribution Map - East TexasArchive
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