{"id":265915,"date":"2026-04-25T13:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265915\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T13:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:47:18","slug":"hyde-media-group-sells-gatesville-messenger-to-two-central-texas-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265915\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyde Media Group sells Gatesville Messenger to two Central Texas journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">GATESVILLE, Texas (KWTX) &#8211; Gatesville Messenger Publisher Sam Houston on Friday announced the sale of the newspaper. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On March 16, a devastating fire destroyed the Messenger\u2019s building in downtown Gatesville. The newspaper had served the Coryell County community for 145 years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Houston said the Hyde Media Group has announced the sale of the Messenger to two experienced journalists who are ready to carry the beloved hometown paper forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The new ownership duo will include David Morris, of Copperas Cove, who will serve as the new publisher. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Houston thanked the community for its incredible outpouring of support in the aftermath of the fire, and shared his confidence that the Messenger is in very good hands moving forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a business transition, it\u2019s a reminder of what a strong, supportive community can do in the face of adversity,\u201d Houston said. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KWTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GATESVILLE, Texas (KWTX) &#8211; Gatesville Messenger Publisher Sam Houston on Friday announced the sale of the newspaper. On&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[99426,99429,99427,99428,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-265915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-gatesville-messenger","tag-gatesville-messenger-publisher-sam-houston","tag-gatesville-messenger-sold","tag-hyde-media-group-sells-gatesville-messenger","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}