Hearst Announces New San Antonio Express-News Office Facility

Hearst Newspapers announced that the San Antonio Express-News will be relocating one block to the newly refurbished San Antonio Light building, where it will take up occupancy in the first quarter of 2021. Additionally, the San Antonio Express-News plans to increase newsroom staffing by 10% in 2021. This investment reflects the paper’s commitment to the region, where it has been the voice of South Texas since 1865, providing news and information to a community of more than 2 million people. The announcement was made by Hearst Newspapers President Jeff Johnson and San Antonio Express-News Publisher Mark Medici.
 
The new San Antonio Light building is a significant piece of Hearst history. The paper was acquired by William Randolph Hearst in 1924 and closed only after the company announced the purchase of the San Antonio Express-News in 1992, publishing its last edition in January 1993. The new, state-of-the-art location will also feature a podcasting and video studio in the center of the newsroom. The current building at 301 Avenue E remains for sale.
 
“Hearst believes deeply in our newspapers and the importance of local journalism,” said Johnson. “During such unprecedented times when much of the industry is under pressure, we are proud to continue supporting our employees, expanding newsrooms with cutting-edge facilities and adding staff.” 
 
“San Antonians value the Express-News as an independent news source, and record audience numbers are a testament to their confidence in our reporting,” said Medici. “We are proud to enter this next phase of growth in a building with such significance to Hearst’s history. This announcement solidifies a bright future for the Express-News.”
 
With the relocation, the production of the newspaper, which currently takes place at the Avenue E location, will transition to the San Antonio Express-News’ sister paper, the Houston Chronicle, starting January 2021. There will be no involuntary separations with this change, and as portions of the paper are currently being produced at the Chronicle facility, there will also be no impact on delivery schedules.

San Antonio-Express News award-winning journalists deliver the news that matters most to San Antonio, from local businesses to the global economy, from military homecomings to foreign affairs and from neighborhood struggles to international disasters. The paper has dedicated news bureaus in Austin, Texas — together with the Houston Chronicle — and Washington, D.C. San Antonio’s most enduring source of news and information includes specialized publications and magazines and the city’s No. 1 website, MYSA.com. The Express-News print products and MYSA.com reach 1,130,900 adults in the San Antonio DMA each week. Each month, MYSA.com averages nearly 29 million page views and 2.7 million unique visitors (source: Scarborough, 2013 R1). San Antonio Express-News’ premium website, ExpressNews.com, provides investigative and enterprise reports, in-depth local news and insider analyses.
 
About Hearst Newspapers
Hearst Newspapers is the operating group responsible for Hearst’s newspapers, local digital marketing services businesses and directories. With more than 3,000 employees across the nation, Hearst Newspapers publishes 24 dailies and 52 weeklies, including the Houston Chronicle, Times Union (Albany, New York) and San Antonio Express-News. It also operates digital marketing services and directories businesses under the LocalEdge brand.