Day of Design: 20 Years of Newspaper Design

Houston Chronicle

Houston, Texas

The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Texas. As of March 2008, it is the ninth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States. With its 1995 buy-out of long-time rival the Houston Post, the Chronicle became Houston’s primary newspaper.

The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily paper owned and operated by the Hearst Corporation, a multinational corporate media conglomerate with $4 billion in revenues.

Source: Wikipedia

THEN

1993

450,000 circulation

300 staff

1993 Frontpage
Houston Chronicle front page from Feb. 10, 1993
NOW

2013

325,814 circulation

N/A staff

2013 Frontpage
Houston Chronicle front page from Feb. 10, 2013 (Or Feb. 8 page)