The Examiner Newspaper Group, Inc. consisted of a set of four community newspapers owned by the
Hearst Corporation
Hearst Corporation, Hearst Holdings Inc. and Hearst Communications Inc. comprise an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate owned by the Hearst family and based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan in New York ...
, doing business as Houston Community Newspapers (HCN). The publications include the '' Bellaire Examiner'', ''
Memorial
A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects such as home ...
Examiner'', '' River Oaks Examiner'', and '' West University Examiner''. All four newspapers were headquartered in the HCN Southwest Office-Central facility in
Houston
Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...
.
The company was previously a separate entity headquartered in
Rice Village
Rice Village is a shopping district in Houston, Texas, United States.
Rice Village is a collection of shops, restaurants and pubs, situated about a half-mile west of the center of Rice University's campus. The core "Rice Village" extends over ...
, Houston. It was later acquired by
ASP Westward
ASP Westward, L.P., or "Westward," was a local newspaper company, headquartered in Greenspoint, Houston.Hearst Corporation
Hearst Corporation, Hearst Holdings Inc. and Hearst Communications Inc. comprise an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate owned by the Hearst family and based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan in New York ...
in 2016.
History
In 2001 George Boehme and Edwin Henry started the group, with Boehme as the publisher and Henry as the editor. The first publication from the group was the ''West University Examiner''. The second one was the ''River Oaks Examiner'', and the third publication, the ''Memorial Examiner'', followed.
In 2004 the group won the "Best Community Newspaper Houston 2004" award from the ''
Houston Press
The ''Houston Press'' is an online newspaper published in Houston, Texas, United States. It is headquartered in the Midtown Houston, Midtown area. It was also a weekly print newspaper until November 2017.
The publication is supported entirely ...
''.
In 2006 George Boehme sold the Examiner Newspaper Group to
ASP Westward
ASP Westward, L.P., or "Westward," was a local newspaper company, headquartered in Greenspoint, Houston. for $2.1 million. At the time, the purchase price was not disclosed.
In 2010 the ''Houston Press'' ranked the Examiner Newspaper Group division of the HCN the "Best Community Newspaper Houston 2010".
In 2012 1013 Star Communications acquired Houston Community Newspapers from ASP Westward.
In 2016 the
Hearst Corporation
Hearst Corporation, Hearst Holdings Inc. and Hearst Communications Inc. comprise an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate owned by the Hearst family and based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan in New York ...
acquired Houston Community Newspapers. It is the parent company of the ''
Houston Chronicle
The ''Houston Chronicle'' is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Houston, Texas, United States. it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States, behind only ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. ...
''. As part of the deal the ''Examiner'' papers became a part of the Hearst Corporation.