{{Short description|American news website}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox website | name = ''Chron'' | logo = Chron Logo.svg | logo_alt = Logo of Chron | company_type = | type = News website | language = English | headquarters = 4747 Southwest Freeway | location_city = Houston, Texas | country = United States | owner = Hearst Newspapers | url = {{URL|https://www.chron.com/}} | launch_date = {{Start date|2012}} | current_status = Active }} '''''Chron''''' (also called '''''Chron.com''''') is a news website based in Houston, Texas, that was founded in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chron - HEARST |url=https://www.hearst.com/chron |website=Hearst.com}}</ref> Chron.com was once the digital home for the ''Houston Chronicle'', but in 2012 became an independent site. The publications share a parent company, Hearst Newspapers, and maintain separate newsrooms.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 2012 |title=Letter to our readers announcing HoustonChronicle.com|url=https://www.chron.com/news/article/Letter-to-our-readers-announcing-4046742.php|website=Chron}}</ref><ref name="Houston Chronicle">{{cite web |title=Houston Chronicle announces relocation and renovation |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Houston-Chronicle-Media-Group-announces-major-5636807.php |website=Houston Chronicle|access-date=}}</ref>
== Notable contributions == In October 2024, ''Chron'' religion reporter, Eric Killelea, covered the news that the pastor of Lakepointe Church in Rockwall, Texas, had instructed congregants how to vote in the 2024 United States presidential election via a sermon titled "How to Vote Like Jesus." In response to this reporting, the Freedom From Religion Foundation called on the Internal Revenue Service to revoke the tax-free privileges of the church.<ref>{{cite web |last=Long |first=Eli |date=October 10, 2024 |title=North Texas pastor tells church 'How to vote like Jesus' |url=https://www.chron.com/culture/religion/article/texas-pastor-josh-howerton-voting-19826458.php |publisher=Chron}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=November 1, 2024 |title=FFRF calls on IRS commissioner to enforce the Johnson Amendment|url=https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-calls-on-irs-commissioner-to-enforce-the-johnson-amendment/ |publisher=Freedom From Religion Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Line |first=Christopher |title=Freedom From Religion Reports Texas Church to IRS |url=https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/other-documents/irs-tax-correspondence/freedom-religion-reports-texas-church-irs/7m6cx |publisher=Tax Analysts}}</ref> As of March 1, 2025, Lakepointe Church is still designated as a 501(c)(3) organization.{{relevance inline|date=December 2025}}
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==External links== *{{official website|https://www.chron.com}}
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Category:American news websites Category:Internet properties established in 2012 Category:Mass media in Houston
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