The Houston Press is an alternative weekly newspaper published in Houston, Texas, United States. It is headquartered in the Midtown area.

The paper is supported entirely by advertising revenue and is free to readers. The newspaper reports a monthly readership of more than 200,000 print readers and 1.6 million online users. The Press can be found in restaurants, coffee houses, and local retail stores. New weekly editions are distributed on Thursdays.

The weekly Houston Press was founded in 1989. Chris Hearne (founder of Austin's Third Coast Magazine) and Kirk Cypel (a Vice President of a Houston-based investment group) conceived of this news and entertainment weekly after rejecting a business plan to relaunch Texas Business Magazine. Hearne was the paper's first publisher and Cypel served as the organization's business advisor. Although the paper faced early challenges, the landscape changed when Hearne and Cypel engineered a buyout of 713 Magazine, a key competitor. Once in control of 713, they stopped its publication and converted advertisers to the Houston Press. Thereafter, the Houston Press's advertising and circulation grew dramatically.