Brazosport Facts
Type | Daily ISSN 1065-7886 | |
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Website | thefacts.com |
The Brazosport Facts is the largest daily newspaper for
History
The paper was started by printer Roy Ruffin as the Freeport Facts months after the 1912 founding of
A 1932 Freeport hurricane destroyed the Facts building and killed 40 people.[3]
Separate area newspapers, the Brazoria County Review, Velasco World, and West Columbia Light were acquired by businessman W.D. Johnston. In 1949, he then merged the papers into The Daily Review.[2]
In 1951,
In August 1976, the Facts moved its headquarters from Freeport to neighboring Clute, Texas where it remains today.[2]
It absorbed employees from the competitor Angleton Times in 2004,[4] along with the publication's reader list.[5] The former Angleton Times office became the Angleton office of the Brazosport Facts. In 2004 The Facts had an Angleton circulation of 4,000 while the Angleton Times had 1,100 subscribers; there were 730 people/entities who/which subscribed to both newspapers.[6]
The newspaper led the move to consolidate the town of Velasco into Freeport in 1957. The newspaper has also supported Brazosport College and its Brazosport Center for the Arts and Sciences.[3]
Awards
- 1982 Penney-Missouri Award General Excellence[7]
References
- ^ "2023 Texas Newspaper Directory". Texas Press Association. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ a b c d e "The History of The Facts". Brazosport Facts. Archived from the original on 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
- ^ a b The Facts[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Presses stop rolling for Angleton Times". Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ^ "Angleton, TX". Handbook of Texas. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Angleton Times to close". Angleton Times. 2004-03-27. Archived from the original on 2004-04-01. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Courier-Journal has won". Louisville Courier-Journal. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
External links
- thefacts.com
- thefacts.com mobile at the Wayback Machine (archive index)