Special to El Rrun-Rrun
The love affair between the Brownsville Herald (AKA AIM Media Texas, LLC) Aand publisher Frank Escobedo almost made the seven-year itch.![]()
Instead, just about a month after the six-year anniversary between Escobedo as publisher at the Herald, sources there say the honeymoon is over.
Escobedo has reportedly been let go (fired?) from the ghost daily. Residents refer to it as ghost daily because there are no reporters or main office to be seen, merely a suite in grandiosely-named Venture X building at, 222 N. Expressway 77/83 in Brownsville.
Before it was gutted by Freedom Newspapers and later AIM and converted into an advertisement cash cow, the Herald used to be one block from the county courthouse and a short five blocks from the federal courthouse.
AIM media made the announcement naming Escobedo publisher of the The Brownsville Herald in February 2014. Among his duties included the publishing of El Nuevo Heraldo, El Extra and all related websites and digital assets.
He is a graduate of Texas A&I University in Kingsville, and has received certification from the Hearst Management Institute, American Press Institute and the Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management and Medill School of Journalism.
AIM media made the announcement naming Escobedo publisher of the The Brownsville Herald in February 2014. Among his duties included the publishing of El Nuevo Heraldo, El Extra and all related websites and digital assets.
He is a graduate of Texas A&I University in Kingsville, and has received certification from the Hearst Management Institute, American Press Institute and the Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management and Medill School of Journalism.
Goodbye Frank. We hardly knew ye.