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By 1992, News Corp had diversified into movies and television and was looking to sell the Express-News. The Hearst Corporation, which still owned the Light, agreed to either sell or close the newspaper and acquire the Express-News in order to keep its stake in the San Antonio market. The Light never found a buyer and it went out of business in ...
In 1993, Hearst closed the San Antonio Light after it purchased the rival San Antonio Express-News from Murdoch. [33] On November 8, 1990, Hearst Corporation acquired 20% stake of ESPN, Inc. from RJR Nabisco (now a subsidiary of Mondelez International) for a price estimated between $165 million and $175 million. [34]
The News-Times (Danbury, Connecticut) The Pioneer (Big Rapids, Michigan) Plainview Daily Herald (Plainview, Texas) RJ Media Group [1] The Cheshire Herald (Cheshire, Connecticut) Record-Journal (Meriden, Connecticut) San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Texas) San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California)
San Antonio: 2016 Consolidated into JBSA Legacy [12] San Antonio Gazette: San Antonio: 1904 1911 [citation needed] San Antonio Evening News: San Antonio: 1918 1984 [citation needed] San Antonio Light: San Antonio: 1881 1993 Texas City Sun: Texas City: Valley Town Crier: McAllen: Closed by Gannett in June 2020 The Western Advocate: Austin ...
CPS Energy (formerly "City Public Service Board of San Antonio") is the municipal electric utility serving the city of San Antonio, Texas.Acquired by the city in 1942, CPS Energy serves over 840,750 electricity customers and more than 352,585 natural gas customers in its 1,566-square-mile (4,060 km 2) service area, which includes Bexar County and portions of its 7 surrounding counties.
The San Antonio Light and Power Company was the idea of the President of Pomona College, Dr. Cyrus Grandison Baldwin. Baldwin joined Henry Harbinson Sinclair in starting San Antonio Light and Power Company. A.W. Decker was hired to be the chief engineer of the project. Decker had been train in the use of AC power.
The marker on the site of the plant. Marker on the site reads: [7] NO. 514 POMONA WATER POWERPLANT – The first hydroelectric installation in California for long-distance transmission of alternating current at high voltage was built in 1892 on San Antonio Creek below this spot by the San Antonio Light and Power Company organized by Dr. Cyrus Grandison Baldwin, President of Pomona College.
Biglari Holdings Inc. is an American holding company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, founded by entrepreneur Sardar Biglari. Its subsidiaries include Steak 'n Shake, Maxim magazine, First Guard Insurance, Southern Pioneer Insurance, Southern Oil, Abraxas Petroleum and Western Sizzlin'.