Houston Chronicle Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===1987–present: Hearst Corporation era=== On May 1, 1987, the [[Hearst Corporation]] purchased the ''Houston Chronicle'' from Houston Endowment for $415 million.<ref>''Houston Chronicle'' Archives, "Houston Chronicle purchase completed by Hearst Corp." May 1, 1987.</ref> <!-- need more on the foundation that had owned the paper before --> Richard J. V. Johnson, who had joined the paper as a copy editor in 1956, and worked up to executive vice president in 1972, and president in 1973, remained as chairman and publisher until he retired on April 1, 2002.<ref>[http://www.aaf-houston.org/en/art/21/ "Richard J.V. Johnson: September 22, 1930 – January 14, 2006"]. American Advertising Federation Houston. January 19, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2009.</ref> He was succeeded by Jack Sweeney. In 1994, the ''Chronicle'' switched to being a morning-only paper. With the demise of the ''Houston Post'' on April 18 the next year, the ''Chronicle'' became Houston's sole major daily newspaper. On October 18, 2008, the paper endorsed Senator [[Barack Obama]] for [[President of the United States]] in the [[United States Presidential Election, 2008|2008 U.S. Presidential Election]], the first Democrat to be endorsed by the newspaper since 1964, when it endorsed Texan Lyndon B. Johnson.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6065490.html |title=The presidential ticket |date=October 18, 2008 |work=Houston Chronicle |access-date=July 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2008/10/houston_chronicle_endorses_oba.html |title=''Houston Chronicle'' endorses Obama over McCain – the first time the ''Chron'' has picked a Democrat since LBJ in 1964 |work=Houston Chronicle |type=Blog |first=Richard |last=Dunham |date=October 19, 2008 |access-date=July 26, 2010}}</ref> It endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] in 2012,<ref>{{cite news |title=Romney for president |url=http://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/Romney-for-president-3965675.php |access-date=July 30, 2016 |work=Houston Chronicle |date=October 21, 2012}}</ref> but endorsed [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016,<ref>{{cite news |title=These are unsettling times that require a steady hand|url=http://www.chron.com/opinion/recommendations/article/For-Hillary-Clinton-8650345.php |access-date=July 30, 2016 |work=Houston Chronicle |date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> and [[Joe Biden]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=We recommend Joe Biden for president|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/endorsement-Joe-Biden-president-us-election-2020-15636598.php |access-date=October 11, 2020 |work=Houston Chronicle |date=October 11, 2020}}</ref> Locally, the ''Chronicle'' endorsed [[Wendy Davis (politician)|Wendy Davis]] for governor in [[Texas gubernatorial election, 2014|2014]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Caruba |first1=Lauren |title=A Handy Guide to the Major Texas Newspaper Endorsements |url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/a-handy-guide-to-the-major-texas-newspaper-endorsements/ |access-date=July 30, 2016 |agency=Texas Monthly |date=November 4, 2014}}</ref> and [[Sylvester Turner]] for mayor in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sylvester Turner for mayor |url=http://www.chron.com/opinion/recommendations/article/Sylvester-Turner-for-mayor-6564480.php |website=Houston Chronicle |access-date=October 11, 2015 |date=October 11, 2015}}</ref> Additionally, the ''Chronicle'' initially endorsed [[Jeb Bush]] for the [[United States presidential election in Texas, 2016#Republican primary|2016]]<ref>{{cite news |title=For Bush |url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/recommendations/article/For-Bush-6827621.php |access-date=July 30, 2016 |work=Houston Chronicle |date=February 12, 2016}}</ref> Republican primary, but did not endorse any other candidate after he dropped out.<ref>{{cite news |title=2016 Texas Primary Endorsements |url=http://www.chron.com/opinion/recommendations/article/Houston-Chronicle-2016-Texas-Primary-Endorsements-6827491.php#photo-9475977 |access-date=July 30, 2016 |agency=Houston Chronicle |date=February 29, 2016}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page