In January 1881 a new rival newspaper, the "Evening Light", was first published by A. W. Gifford and J. P. Newcomb, who had been an early investor in the "Express". The "Evening Light" was published as an afternoon paper, as opposed to the morning "Express". At first, the editors of the "Express" chose to ignore the upstart paper, but the "Light" soon grew in popularity at the turn of the 20th century. In 1906 the "Daily Light" was sold to E. B. Chandler, and in 1909 the Daily Light Publishing Company bought the "San Antonio Gazette". From then until 1911 the paper was referred to as the "Light and Gazette". Edward S. O'Reilly, known as Tex, was at one time managing editor. In 1911 Harrison L. Beach and Charles S. Diehl, veteran correspondents of national standing, moved to San Antonio and bought the "Light and Gazette". Once again it was known as the "Light". Diehl was a founder of the AP wire service. Beach and Diehl installed leased wire news service and published the first full stock market reports in a San Antonio paper. The "Light" became liberal-Democratic in its political views. While Beach and Diehl ran the paper, circulation increased from 11,000 to 25,000 copies daily. In 1918, the "Express" ownership, now renamed Express Publishing Company, launched its own afternoon paper, the "San Antonio Evening News". Soon thereafter, a rivalry developed between workers of the "Express" and the "News". In fact, some "News" workers dubbed a new office building as the "News-Express" building. In 1924, however, William Randolph Hearst bought the "Light" and instituted Hearst policies, and by 1945 the circulation was approximately 70,000.