Houston Press (Scripps Howard)

Houston Press
Founder(s)Paul Carroll Edwards (1882–1962)
PublisherScripps-Howard
Staff writers320 (1963)[1]
Launched
Vol. 1, no. 1; September 25, 1911 (1911-09-25)
Ceased publication
Vol. 53, no. 153; March 20, 1964 (1964-03-20)
   (52-year run)
Headquarters1928–1964:
2001–2015 Rusk Street (at Chartres Street)
Houston, Texas
Circulation90,400 (1963)[1]
OCLC number14353651

The Houston Press was a Scripps Howard daily afternoon newspaper, founded in 1911, in Houston, Texas.[2] Under the leadership of founding editor Paul C. Edwards (1911–16), Marcellus E. Foster, known as "Mefo" (1927–37), and George Carmack (1946–64), the newspaper developed a reputation for flashy stories about violence and sex and for exposés of political malfeasance. It ceased publication in 1964.[3]