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The Houston Post was a newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States that was established on February 19, 1880, by Gail Borden Johnson.

Though that original publication ceased in October 1884, the Houston Post was re-established with the merger of the Houston Morning Chronicle and the Houston Evening Journal on April 5, 1885. J. L. Watson was the business manager and Rienzi M. Johnston was the editor.^{[citation needed]}

Short story writer O. Henry worked briefly for the Post in 1895 and 1896. He had to leave his position at the Post when he was indicted for embezzlement from previous employment at a bank in Austin.^{[citation needed]}

For many years, the Post was owned by the Hobby family, who also began Houston's first radio station, KPRC (AM) in 1925. Amid declining sales, the Post was sold in 1983.^{[citation needed]}

The Houston Post later closed down permanently, with the final edition printed on April 18, 1995. Its owner at the time was MediaNews Group, led by William Dean Singleton, who had earlier closed down The Fort Worth Press. Its assets and liabilities were acquired by Hearst Corporation, the publisher of the Post's rival daily Houston Chronicle, who then proceeded to fire nearly all of the Post's employees.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• Rancor and Romance... - Marty Graham
• U.S DOJ approves Hearst purchase of Post - April 18, 1995
• Guide to the Rienzi Melville Johnston papers, 1899-1926
• Guide to the Marguerite Johnston Barnes Personal Papers, 1926-1998
• Houston Post from the Handbook of Texas Online

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