Idaho Statesman

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Idaho Statesman
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) The McClatchy Company
(since 2006)
FounderJames S. Reynolds
PublisherRusty Dodge
EditorChadd Cripe
Founded1864;161 years ago (1864) (as Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman)
Headquarters10400 Overland Road PMB 385
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Circulation 28,048 Daily
46,897 Sunday(as of 2020) [1]
ISSN 2688-8831  (print)
2688-884X  (web)
OCLC number 50144804
Website idahostatesman.com

The Idaho Statesman is a newspaper of Boise, Idaho, in the western United States. It is owned by The McClatchy Company.

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History

On July 26, 1864, James S. Reynolds published the first edition of the Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman in Boise, Idaho. [2] [3] It began publication from a log cabin on the future site of the Boise City Hall. [4] In January 1872, Reynolds sold the paper, "lock, stock and barrel," to Judge Milton Kelly. [5] In January 1888, the paper expanded to a daily and was renamed to the Idaho Daily Statesman. [6]

Kelly's 17-year run ended in May 1889 when he sold the Statesman to Joseph Perrault, Calvin Cobb and R. Wildman. John R. French was named editor. [7] Later Cobb and his brother-in-law, Jack Lyon, bought out the others. [8] Calvin Cobb lost his wife in October 1917, [9] and he died in November 1928. [10] At that time the Statesman was inherited by his daughter Margaret Cobb Ailshie. [11] As the paper's first female publisher, "Ailshie insisted on a lively editorial policy, deploring 'a dull newspaper.'" [12]

Cobb Ailshie published the Statesman until her death in August 1959. [13] General manager James Brown then assumed control of the paper. [14] In October 1963, the Statesman was sold to Federated Publications, a chain that owned six other papers in Washington, Indiana and Michigan. At that time the Statesman had a Sunday circulation of 47,000. After the sale, John A. Scott was named publisher. [15] Federated Publications merged with Gannett Co in June 1971. [16]

In the early morning of March 21, 2004, the Statesman's pressroom caught on fire, which left two of the newspaper's nine press units severely damaged and two units partially destroyed. Newspapers from other cities chipped in and helped deliver papers to Boise. [17] On August 3, 2005, Gannett agreed to sell the Statesman to Knight Ridder along with The Bellingham Herald and The Olympian. [18] A year later McClatchy bought Knight Ridder. [19]

In 2008, the Statesman entered into a partnership with the Idaho Press-Tribune to print the paper at its facility in Nampa, Idaho. [20] [21] In March 2018, printing was moved to a facility operated by the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho. [22] In October 2019, the paper announced it will cut its Saturday edition. [23] Starting October, 2023, the paper decreased its print edition days to three a week (Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays). It also switched from carrier to postal delivery. [24]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "McClatchy | Markets". November 8, 2021. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Salutatory". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 26, 1864. p. 2.
  3. ↑ "The Idaho Statesman". The Idaho World. Idaho City, Idaho. July 30, 1864. p. 2.
  4. ↑ Poynter, Rebecca (September 20, 2019). "The Idaho Statesman's building is for sale, but our mission remains the same". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Changed Hands". The Idaho World. Idaho City, Idaho. January 11, 1872. p. 2.
  6. ↑ "Notice". The Caldwell Tribune. January 14, 1888. p. 1.
  7. ↑ "Notice". Idaho Semi-Weekly World. Idaho City, Idaho. May 7, 1889. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "About Us: 150 Years of News and Change". Idaho Statesman. January 24, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Mrs. Calvin Cobb Dies". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 11, 1917. p. 5.
  10. ↑ Flenner, Guy (November 15, 1928). "Just Idaho | An Idaho Publisher Gone". South Idaho Press. p. 2.
  11. ↑ "Miss Cobb Heads Daily Statesman | Succeeds Father, Late Calvin Cobb, as Publisher of Paper". Shoshone News-Press. November 19, 1928. p. 1.
  12. ↑ "History of the Idaho Statesman". Idaho Statesman. Archived from the original on March 17, 2006. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Margaret Cobb Ailshie, Statesman Publisher, Dies". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 27, 1959. p. 1.
  14. ↑ "Boise Newspaper Publisher Dies". The Coeur d'Alene Press. Associated Press. August 27, 1959. p. 6.
  15. ↑ "Sale Told Of Paper At Boise". South Idaho Press. Burley, Idaho. Associated Press. October 1, 1963. p. 1.
  16. ↑ "Merger okayed by two newspaper companies". The Times-News. Twin Falls, Idaho. United Press International. June 29, 1971. p. 3.
  17. ↑ McMeekin, Tara (May 2004). "Statesman press rebuild rolling along following pressroom fire". Newspapers & Technology. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  18. ↑ Porretto, John (August 4, 2005). "Several Knight Ridder, Gannett newspapers to change hands". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Associated Press. p. 37.
  19. ↑ Seelye, Katharine Q.; Sorkin, Andrew Ross (March 13, 2006). "Newspaper Chain Agrees to a Sale for $4.5 Billion" . The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  20. ↑ "Press-Tribune will print Statesman newspapers". Idaho Press-Tribune. June 17, 2008. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  21. ↑ Woolsey, David (March 2, 2009). "IPT makes history, Newspaper prints Idaho Statesman in trailblazing partnership". Idaho Press. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  22. ↑ Prast, Rhonda (February 26, 2018). "A new printing partner in Twin Falls, and more digital opportunities". Idaho Statesman. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  23. ↑ Day, Don (October 30, 1019). "Idaho Statesman to cut Saturday print delivery". BoiseDev. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  24. ↑ Cripe, Chadd (August 4, 2023). "Idaho Statesman to change print days, delivery method as digital transition evolves". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  25. ↑ "Everett L. "Shorty" Fuller papers". Idaho State Archive Manuscript Collections. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  26. ↑ ef name="ISADC"> "Everett L. "Shorty" Fuller Photographs". Idaho State Archives Digital Collections. Retrieved June 20, 2022.

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