The Eagle (newspaper)
The Eagle (officially known as The Bryan-College Station Eagle) is a daily newspaper based out of Bryan, Texas. Centered in Brazos County, the paper is typified as serving the coverage needs of a community that includes Texas A&M University, the George Bush Presidential Library and eight counties.[1][2] First published as the Weekly Eagle in 1889, it transitioned to a daily in 1913.[3]
The Eagle has won multiple awards, including Texas Associated Press Managing Editors awards,[4][5] as well as Newspaper Association of America circulation awards.[6] The paper's average weekday circulation of approximately 24,441 ranks 401 out of 1,410 daily newspapers in the US.[7]
The Eagle was owned by the Evening Post Publishing Company until 2012, when it was sold to Berkshire Hathaway to become part of its media subsidiary, under the Omaha World-Herald Company's branch.[8] Previously, the newspaper was owned by Belo Corp. from 1995-2001,[9] Worrell Newspapers from 1988-1995, Harte-Hanks Communications from 1962-1988 and local ownership prior to that.[10]
References [edit]
- ^ The Bryan-College Station Eagle, accessed 02-13-2009
- ^ Aggie Journalists, "Bryan-College Station Eagle seeks two reporters ", accessed 02-13-2009
- ^ The Handbook of Texas, article on Bryan, Texas, accessed 02-13-2009
- ^ [1] Chronicle, "2005 Texas APME Awards list", accessed 02-13-2009
- ^ [2] The Dallas Morning News (March 30, 2008), "Texas Associated Press Managing Editors presents 2008 awards", accessed 02-13-2009
- ^ [3] Newspaper Association of America, 2004 Circulation Sales Executive of the Year winners, accessed 02-13-2009
- ^ [4] Knight Foundation, Peer group comparison for The Bryan-College Station Eagle, accessed 02-13-2009
- ^ Warren Buffett buys Texas newspaper
- ^ Belo sells The Eagle to Evening Post group
- ^ History of The Eagle
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