News Briefs

Floresville weekly changes ownership

FLORESVILLE — Thomas and Diane Broussart sold the Floresville Chronicle-Journal to Jeff Jordan.

The Broussarts purchased the weekly around February 2005 from the Fietsam family who had owned it for 42 years. Before that Broussart was a publisher in Idaho and worked for newspapers in Sedona, Ariz., and New Mexico.

Jordan is president of Plains Press Inc., publisher of the Knox County News, Morton Tribune, Castro County News and Eden Echo.

Associated Texas Newspapers Inc. assisted in the transaction.

O’Donnell owner calls it quits after 13 years

O’DONNELL — Lota and Bill Schooler and their daughter, Sharon Anne Schooler Wells, are the new owners of the O’Donnell Index Press.

They bought the newspaper from Stephanie Stephens who was editor and publisher for the past 13 years.

The Index Press is the oldest continuing business in O’Donnell and will celebrate its 85th anniversary next year.

Fort Worth Spanish daily turns weekly

FORT WORTH — Diario La Estrella, the Star-Telegram’s Spanish-language newspaper, converted to weekly publication from five days a week on March 23.

Publisher David Sedeflo cited research and market trends that show readership is highest on weekends, and advertising clients prefer that edition. The move should cut costs and help bolster profitability, he said.

UT returns editorial control to students

AUSTIN — University of Texas regents have relinquished their power to control the content of the Daily Texan, the student newspaper at the flagship Austin campus, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

The board of regents approved revisions to a trust agreement governing student media, removing wording requiring a university adviser to check for libel or other problems before publication.

According to the Student Press Law Center, the Daily Texan is believed to be the only large daily college newspaper published only after an adviser examines its contents.  The policy was rooted in 1970s-era campus unrest.