The ''Cleveland Advocate'' was a
weekly newspaper
A weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly new ...
in northern
Liberty County, Texas
Liberty County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 91,628. The county seat is Liberty. The county was created in 1831 as a municipality in Mexico and organized as a county in 1837. It is named for t ...
from 1917 to 2021.
History
The newspaper established in 1917, nearly two decades before the
City of Cleveland was incorporated.
According to an article published in the 23 November 1917 issue of the ''Liberty Vindicator'', "The Cleveland Advocate is the new addition to the Liberty county newspaper field. The Advocate's first issue has a strong "kick" and looks like it should make good."
Published each Wednesday, the newspaper has a total circulation of 4,524 and is sold for 50 cents an issue or $24 for a yearly subscription.
Located in the heart of Cleveland, the newspaper covers news events in Cleveland, Tarkington and all of northern Liberty County.
It was owned by
ASP Westward
ASP Westward, L.P., or "Westward," was a local newspaper company, headquartered in Greenspoint, Houston.[1013 Star Communications
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as part of its acquisition of Houston Community Newspapers. In 2016, the
Hearst Corporation
Hearst Communications, Inc., often referred to simply as Hearst, is an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Hearst owns newspapers, magazines, televis ...
acquired Houston Community Newspapers; it is the parent company of the ''
Houston Chronicle
The ''Houston Chronicle'' is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States. , it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States, behind only ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. With it ...
''. As part of the deal the ''Advocate'' became a part of the Hearst Corporation.
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Newspapers published in Greater Houston
Liberty County, Texas
Hearst Communications publications
Weekly newspapers published in Texas
Newspapers established in 1917
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Defunct weekly newspapers
2021 disestablishments in Texas
Publications disestablished in 2021
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Defunct newspapers published in Texas