Southern Newspapers

Southern Newspapers Inc. (SNI) is a publishing holding company headquartered in Houston, Texas.^[1] The company was founded as Southern Newspapers, Inc., of Tennessee in 1967 by Carmage Walls. Its flagship paper, the Galveston County Daily News is the oldest newspaper in Texas, founded in 1842.^[2]

Publications edit

The company owns several publications, primarily in Texas.

Current publications edit

The April 19, 1842 front page of The Daily News, forerunner to the Galveston County Daily News.

Bay City Tribune (1845) [1], Bay City, Texas
Baytown Sun (1949) [2], Baytown, Texas
Brazosport Facts (1913) [3], Brazoria County, Texas
The Daily Sentinel (1899) [4], Nacogdoches, Texas
Fort Payne Times-Journal [5], Fort Payne, Alabama
The Galveston County Daily News (1842) [6], Galveston, Texas
Kerrville Daily Times (1908) [7], Kerrville, Texas
The Lawton Constitution (1904) [8], Lawton, Oklahoma
Lufkin Daily News (1906) [9], Lufkin, Texas
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung (1852) [10], New Braunfels, Texas
The Paris News (1869) [11], Paris, Texas
Sand Mountain Reporter [12], Albertville, Alabama
Scottsboro Daily Sentinel [13], Scottsboro, Alabama
Seguin Gazette (1888) [14], Seguin, Texas
Sulphur Springs News-Telegram [15], Sulphur Springs, Texas
Walton Tribune [16], Monroe, Georgia

Defunct publications edit

Angleton Times (1893–2004) - absorbed by the Brazosport Facts^[3]
Del Rio News-Herald (1929–2020) - discontinued^[4]
Texas City Sun (1912–2004) - absorbed by the Galveston County Daily News^[5]
Weekly Post (1986–2010) - absorbed by sister paper, the Fort Payne Times-Journal.^[6]