The Houma Courier
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Halifax Media Group |
| Publisher | Miles Forrest |
| Editor | Keith Magill |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Headquarters | 3030 Barrow Street Houma, Louisiana 70361  United States |
| Official website | HoumaToday.com |
For other publications see Courier (disambiguation).
The Houma Courier is a newspaper published daily in Houma, Louisiana, United States, covering Terrebonne Parish.[1][2][3] It is owned by Halifax Media Group[4] It is sometimes simply referred to as "The Courier". The paper is published by Miles Forrest and the paper's Executive Editor is Keith Magill. The paper was founded in 1878 as Le Courrier de Houma by French-born Lafayette Bernard Filhucan Bazet. It first published in four-page, half-French half-English editions.
The Courier has a daily circulation of 19,700 and a Sunday circulation of 22,100. Its online edition, Houma Today was launched in May 1999.
The Courier won the Louisiana Press Association's Newspaper of the Year award four times in the 2000s.[2][5]
[edit] References
- ^ "About the Courier". Houma Courier. December 22, 2007. http://hcedit.ny.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SERVICES02. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
- ^ a b "LPA Job Bank". Louisiana Press Association. January 26, 2007. http://www.lapress.com/jobs.asp. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
- ^ "NYTRNG Newspapers". The New York Times Company. http://www.nytrng.com/nytrng/newspapers.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-19.[dead link]
- ^ Halifax Media purchases 16 newspapers
- ^ "Better Newspaper, Free Circulation and Special Interest Editorial Competition, Student Newspaper Competition, and Individual Competition Results". Louisiana Press Association. April 14, 2006. http://www.lapress.com/Contests/2006%20Press%20Release.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
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