The Examiner Newspaper Group, Inc. consisted of a set of four community newspapers owned by the Hearst Corporation , doing business as Houston Community Newspapers (HCN). The publications include the Bellaire Examiner , Memorial Examiner , River Oaks Examiner , and West University Examiner . All four newspapers were headquartered in the HCN Southwest Office-Central facility in Houston .
10-679: The company was previously a separate entity headquartered in Rice Village , Houston. It was later acquired by ASP Westward and later 1013 Star Communications, before becoming a part of the Hearst Corporation in 2016. In 2001 George Boehme and Edwin Henry started the group, with Boehme as the publisher and Henry as the editor. The first publication from the group was the West University Examiner . The second one
20-405: A 16-block area, Rice Village is known for its many small and eclectic shops and boutiques. Recent expansion in the area has also brought in high-end clothing stores and the nationwide retail venues. As Village retail became denser in the 1990s, limited parking finally led to the closure of Rice Food Market, the last surviving Rice Village grocery store. Residential real estate has recently re-entered
30-710: The Houston Press ranked the Examiner Newspaper Group division of the HCN the "Best Community Newspaper Houston 2010". In 2012 1013 Star Communications acquired Houston Community Newspapers from ASP Westward. In 2016 the Hearst Corporation acquired Houston Community Newspapers. It is the parent company of the Houston Chronicle . As part of the deal the Examiner papers became a part of
40-498: The 1994 film The Chase were filmed in the Rice Village. The Village Arcade occupies an area bounded by Kirby Drive , Amherst, Morningside, and University. The development also occupies most of the block bounded by Kelvin, Amherst, Times, and Morningside. From its origins in the 1930s an ad hoc cluster of retail stores, the Rice Village has grown to become one of Houston's shopping destinations. Host to over 300 shops in
50-616: The Hearst Corporation. Rice Village Rice Village is a shopping district in Houston, Texas , United States. Rice Village is a collection of shops, restaurants and pubs, situated about a half-mile west of the center of Rice University 's 300-acre (1.2 km ) campus. The core "Rice Village" extends over several city blocks, bounded by University Boulevard, Kirby Drive, Tangley Street, Morningside Drive, Rice Boulevard, and Greenbriar Drive, though spillover has expanded
60-733: The area with the opening of the Hanover Rice Village Luxury Apartments. Rice Village is a part of the West University Place Super Neighborhood Council. Rice Village is in Texas's 7th congressional district . The neighborhood is within the Houston Police Department 's South Central Patrol Division. The complex is zoned to the following Houston ISD schools: In the mid-20th century
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80-546: The influx of young families in Southgate and Southampton in Houston and the City of West University Place , beginning in the 1980s, to revitalizing Rice Village. In the mid-1980s Rice University began buying land in the Rice Village area. Scott Wise, the university's vice president for investments, stated in 1996 that Rice Village is "strategically located" and allows possible growth and flexibility. The first minutes of
90-465: The retail area to encompass businesses as far north as Bissonnet Street. Rice Village began operations in 1938. It is an unplanned, high density hodge-podge of old and new retail stores. David Kaplan of Cite wrote that during the 1950s and 1960s Rice Village "filled up and prospered" but the economic boom in Greater Houston in the 1970s caused development to come elsewhere. He credited
100-599: Was the River Oaks Examiner , and the third publication, the Memorial Examiner , followed. In 2004 the group won the "Best Community Newspaper Houston 2004" award from the Houston Press . In 2006 George Boehme sold the Examiner Newspaper Group to ASP Westward , doing business as "Houston Community Newspapers", for $ 2.1 million. At the time, the purchase price was not disclosed. In 2010
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