The Houston Press is an alternative weekly newspaper published in Houston, Texas, United States. It is headquartered in Downtown Houston.
The paper, a part of the Village Voice Media group, is supported entirely by advertising revenue and is free to readers. The newspaper draws a weekly readership of more than 300,000, verified by an independent media audit and referenced on its website. The Press can be found in restaurants, coffee houses, and local retail stores. New weekly editions are distributed on Thursdays.
The Houston Press is not to be confused with the newspaper of the same name that closed in 1964.
The weekly Houston Press was founded locally in 1989. For the newspaper's first five years, Niel Morgan served as the investor. It was bought out by New Times Media in 1993. In 2005, New Times acquired Village Voice Media, and changed its name to Village Voice Media.
- Editor Margaret Downing
- Managing Editor Cathy Matusow
- Music Editor Chris Gray
- Web Editor Brittanie Shey
The paper includes sections devoted to
- News: Includes local, regional and sometimes statewide short and long news stories
- Arts and Entertainment: Includes a weekly calendar, city events listings, a music section with a weekly music column, several music features, show previews, and CD reviews. Also includes a food column, DVD reviews, theater reviews, and the nightlife column Nightfly.
- Online Offerings: The Press launched four blogs from 2006 to 2008: the news blog Hair Balls, the music blog Rocks Off, the food/dining blog Eating Our Words and the sports blog Ballz, which folded in 2009; all sports-related blog items now appear in Hair Balls. In July 2010, the website launched a new fourth blog called Art Attack, which concentrates on the local theater, symphony, museum, and art gallery scenes and events in the greater Houston area as well as offering blog items on more national fare, such as film and television.
Read more about Houston Press: Headquarters, Awards From The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies