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Houston Chronicle is a daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events.

The newspaper is published seven days a week.

The Houston Chronicle's first edition was published on October 14, 1901 funded by money from the famous Texas oil gusher, Spindletop. It sold for two cents per copy, at a time when most papers sold for five cents each. At the end of its first month in operation, the Chronicle had a circulation of 4,378 roughly one tenth of the population of Houston at the time. Today it is the largest daily newspaper in Texas.

Circulation: 369,710 copies

Houston Chronicle is one of the largest circulation newspapers in the USA. Mondo Times covers all American newspapers and newspapers around the world.

This newspaper is owned by Hearst Corporation.


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Contact Information

Jeff Cohen is the editor of the Houston Chronicle.
Section editors   
Book editor: Maggie Galehouse
Business editor: Laura Goldberg
Entertainment editor: Andy Olin
Opinion editor: John Wilburn
Sports editor: Brad Lehman
Travel editor: Melissa Ward Aguilar

 Telephone number: 713.362.7171

 Mailing address: PO Box 4260, Houston, TX 77210-4260

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7 comments to date.

Hearst Names New Leadership at Houston Chronicle
-- February 1, 2012: Jack Sweeney, 65, takes over as chairman of the Houston Chronicle. He had served as president and publisher there since 2000. -- Thomas A. Stephenson, 62, assumes the duties of publisher, joining from the...

I would like to comment on the article: War casualty on the home front. This
story was like reading my own son's story. Sgt.Sean P. Healy USMC. He served in Iraq doing 2 tours. He was injured/he earned the purple heart/he suffered from PTSD and had survivor's guilt. He died from sucide on 5-13-9. It is so difficult...

-- August 17, 2010 -- Tammy Portnoy is now public relations specialist at Buffalo Communications. She was previously a freelancer at Houston Chronicle. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, August 20, 2010

Texas Tribune Credits Houston Chronicle Editor for Partnership
-- The Texas Tribune reported on June 6, 2010: "Although we've been preaching the benefits of collaboration with other news organizations since the Trib launched last November, the one that bore fruit today was not our idea. Credit for the...

Houston Chronicle Lays Off 12% of Employees
-- On March 25, 2009, the Chronicle reported the news: "The Houston Chronicle is laying off approximately 12 percent of its employees in an effort to reduce costs amid unprecedented change in the newspaper industry,...

In Terrible Environment, Circulation Drops at Houston Chronicle
-- In late October, 2008, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported that weekday circulation at the 507 daily newspapers it tracks fell 4.6% for the six months through September, compared with a 2.6% decline in the same period a year ago. Sunday...

To whom would I send a packet of information for an investigative reporter to examine in order to possibly do an article on a rather under handed thing that is being done to pet owners in your area? Posted by marty busby, bemidji,MN, November 18, 2007

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