The ''Herald-Banner'' is an American three-day newspaper published in
Greenville, Texas
Greenville ( ) is the county seat of and the most populous city in Hunt County, Texas, United States, located in Northeast Texas approximately northeast of Dallas, Texas, Dallas and northwest of Canton, Texas, Canton. As of the 2020 United Stat ...
, covering
Hunt County. It publishes on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
The newspaper is published by
Community Newspaper Holdings
CNHI, LLC (formerly Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.) is an American publisher of newspapers and advertising-related publications throughout the United States. The company was formed in 1997 by Ralph Martin, . The ''Herald-Banner'' also publishes two
weekly newspaper
Weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspap ...
s: ''Rockwall County Herald-Banner'' and ''Royse City Herald-Banner''.
History
John C. Bayne began publishing ''The Herald'', a weekly newspaper, in
Hunt County in 1869.
In 1879, Franklin Pierce Alexander, the future
speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
The speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the speaker (politics), presiding officer of the Texas House of Representatives. The Speaker's main duties are to conduct meetings of the House, appoint committees, and enforce the Rules of the ...
, established the ''Greenville Herald'', also known as the ''Herald''. His paper was considered the "leading paper of Northeast Texas" for its time. In 1890, the daily ''Morning Herald'' was begun under editor Edwin W. Harris, publishing alongside the weekly newspaper. The two newspapers eventually merged under the ''Morning Herald'' ownership of the W.C. Poole family.
Another Bayne paper, the ''Independent'' (est. 1875), was renamed the ''Independent Banner'' when J.F. Mitchell bought it from Bayne in 1882. It became a daily named the ''Evening Banner'' in 1894 under the ownership of R.C. Dial, who sold the property to Fred Horton in 1907.
Harte-Hanks Newspapers bought the ''Evening Banner'' from the Horton family in 1954, sparking a competition between the crosstown ''Banner'' and ''Herald''. After two years, the company bought the ''Morning Herald'' from the Poole family in 1956, merging the two papers as the ''Herald-Banner''. A court case followed, with Harte-Hanks accused of
unfair competition
Anti-competitive practices are business or government practices that prevent or reduce competition in a market. Antitrust laws ensure businesses do not engage in competitive practices that harm other, usually smaller, businesses or consumers. ...
; the chain was acquitted of the charges.
Harte-Hanks sold the newspaper to Worrell Enterprises in 1988. The American Publishing Company (later
Hollinger International
Hollinger Inc. was a Canadian media company based in Toronto which was established in 1985 by businessman Conrad Black. At one time, the company was the third-largest media empire in the world. In 1996, through stock purchases, it took over co ...
) purchased the paper from Worrell in 1991. Hollinger sold the paper to Community Newspaper Holdings in 2000.
The ''Herald-Banner'' was named the 2024 CNHI Newspaper of the Year.
References
Greenville Herald-Banner Handbook of Texas online
Company sells four newspapers Associated Press
Greenville Herald Banner Texas Press Association
External links
''Herald-Banner'' Website
Hunt County, Texas
Daily newspapers published in Texas
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Newspapers established in 1869
1869 establishments in Texas