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===Paris Express=== {{Unreferenced section|date=August 2019}} The ''Paris Express'' was founded in 1880, one year after the community of Paris was established, and it is the oldest, continually operating business in the city. J.T. Perryman was the first publisher, and W.H.H. Harley was the first editor. During the next five years of its existence, it had several owners. In 1885, the weekly ''Express'' was purchased from Charles Noble by William M. Greenwood, former publisher of the ''Chismville Star'' and an associate with the ''Fort Smith Daily Tribune''. Greenwood published the ''Paris Express'' for 46 years until his death in 1929. Hugh and J.C. Park of the ''Van Buren Press-Argus'' purchased the ''Express'' from the Greenwood estate and then sold it a few months later to Wallace D. Hurley. Hurley published the paper until 1939, when it was purchased by John Guion and Robert Breeden. Guion was editor and publisher of the ''Express'' and a sister paper, the ''Paris Progress'', and in 1946 served as president of the Arkansas Press Association. At that time, the Paris company began publishing the Charleston and Greenwood papers. The ''Progress'' was launched in 1910 and started out as a semiweekly. In 1920, it was renamed the ''Paris Progress'' and in 1927 became a weekly. The ''Paris Commercial Press'', which was only in business during 1937, became consolidated with the ''Progress''. It was also a weekly. The papers were purchased in 1976 by Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., of [[San Antonio]], Texas. The ''Paris Express'' and the ''Paris Progress'' were combined into a biweekly bearing the name of ''Paris Express Progress'' in January 1977. The ''Paris Express Progress'' was sold in April 1988 to Westward Communications, a [[Dallas]]-based company. The biweekly ''Paris Express Progress'' combined into a "super" weekly issue on May 17, 1989, called the ''Paris Express''. In July 1997, Westward Communications sold to Westward Communications, LLC based out of [[The Woodlands, Texas]]. Stephens Media Group purchased the ''Paris Express'' in March 2000. The company is based in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]. During that timeframe The ''Paris Express'' had six full-time employees and a circulation of 3,600.
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