Beaumont Enterprise | 721 followers on LinkedIn. The Beaumont Enterprise, recognized by the Texas State Historical Survey Committee as Southeast Texas' oldest business, has been serving the region since 1880. Since 1998, The Enterprise annually has been recognized as one of the top medium-sized newspapers in Texas and five other states. The Enterprise is the sixth-largest Hearst of 15 daily newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.