The Monitor (Texas)
Newspaper in McAllen, Texas, United States
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The Monitor is a newspaper in McAllen, Texas, United States. Along with the Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald, The Monitor is part of MyRGV, the umbrella publication company for the three newspapers.
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July 27, 2005 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | AIM Media Texas |
| Publisher | Stephan T. Wingert |
| Editor | Stephan T. Wingert |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 1400 E. Nolana Loop McAllen, TX 78504 United States |
| Circulation | 13,607 (as of 2023)[1] |
| OCLC number | 14375474 |
| Website | myrgv |
History
It was owned by Freedom Communications until 2012, when Freedom papers in Texas were sold to AIM Media Texas.[2] In 2021, The Monitor merged with Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald to form MyRGV.[3]
The Monitor's Spanish-language sister paper, La Frontera, shut down in 2009.[4] It shares content with the Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald. Both are also owned by AIM Media Texas.
Both its former publisher, M. Olaf Frandsen, and its former editor-in-chief, Steve Fagan, have worked at Pulitzer-winning newspapers. Frandsen was editor-in-chief of the Odessa American in 1988 when the paper won the Pulitzer for spot news photography. Frandsen now is editor and publisher of the Salina, KS, Journal, a member of Harris Enterprises Inc.[5]
In 2017 The Monitor partnered with Quartz to report on the issues of climate change in McAllen and Reynosa. The project was funded by a grant from The Center for Cooperative Media.[6]
In 2021 The Monitor merged online with the Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald.[7]
