The ''Midland Reporter-Telegram'' is a daily

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in Midland, Texas. It is located in the heart of the vast 54-county Permian Basin of

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, a geological region which produces 70 percent of the oil in Texas. The newspaper's special coverage includes the "Permian Basin Oil Report", a weekly section devoted to news of the gas and oil industry, and Mywesttexasjobs.com, a weekly employment magazine that is free to the community and has a wide distribution throughout the Permian Basin. The ''Reporter-Telegram'' is a

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publication, having been acquired by the corporation in 1979.

Staff

In October 2015, Hearst named Jeffrey P. Shabram as Publisher of the ''Midland Reporter-Telegram'' and its West Texas companion publications, ''The Plainview Daily Herald'' in Plainview, ''The Canyon News'' in

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, and ''The Muleshoe Journal'' in Muleshoe, Texas. Prior to the appointment, Shabram was Vice President of Midland Newspapers and Senior Director of Digital for Berkshire Hathaway Media based in Omaha, Nebraska. Mary Gilda Dearen (born 1955) is the managing editor She is married to western novelist and historian Patrick Dearen.

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Official mobile website

Hearst Corporation: ''Midland Reporter-Telegram''
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