Texas Student Media

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Texas Student Media
FormerlyTexas Student Publications, Inc.
Industry Publishing, Broadcast media
Founded1921 [1]
Headquarters Austin, Texas
Products Newspapers, Magazines, Radio stations, Television stations
$2.3 million
Parent University of Texas at Austin
Website texasstudentmedia.com

Texas Student Media (TSM) is an auxiliary enterprise of the University of Texas at Austin (UT) and the largest student media operation in the United States, serving more than 53,000 students and 20,000 employees. [2] [3] Each year, more than 1,500 students and 15 professional staff members contribute to TSM. [4]

Contents

In the late 2000s and early 2010s, TSM was under severe financial constraints, and in 2015, funding of up to $250,000 a year was allocated to cover anticipated deficits. [5] Since then, TSM has been in much stronger financial shape. For the first half of fiscal year 2024-25, TSM reported a net income of $273,848 and total equity amounting to more than $2 million. [6]

History

UT's first publication was the Cactus Yearbook, established in 1894; [1] followed in 1900 by the weekly Texan (which evolved into The Daily Texan in 1913). In 1902, the Student Association was formed, partly to oversee UT student publications. In 1921, as more publications emerged, Texas Student Publications, Inc. (TSP) was formed. [1] Over the years the organization oversaw a number of UT publications:

The Texas Ranger, The Riata, and Texas Engineering and Science Magazine were all cancelled in January 1972 by the TSP Board [10] because they were being published with more liabilities than assets.

In 2002, reflecting its increasing engagement with broadcast media, the organization changed its name to Texas Student Media. [1]

Media properties

The Daily Texan is the most significant of TSM's properties. With a daily print circulation of 14,600 copies and an online presence that reaches an average of 10,600 visitors per day, The Daily Texan is the centerpiece of what has become a $2.3 million multimedia operation. [11]

The following is a comprehensive list of Texas Student Media properties: [12]

Board of Operating Trustees

A joint student-faculty Board of Operating Trustees sets policy and oversees the operation of student media on behalf of the University of Texas System Board of Regents. The Board also appoints the Director of Student Media, who oversees the daily business functions of TSM. The Director serves renewable annual terms. The Board of Operating Trustees is composed of three faculty members appointed to two year terms by the UT President, two outside media professionals appointed to two year terms by the UT President, and six students elected by the general student body to two year terms.

Board presidents

Board Vice Presidents

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Texas Student Publications photographers. "A Guide to the UT Texas Student Publications (UT TSP) Photographs, circa 1895-2004". Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Texas Archival Resource Online. The University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 2018-05-27.
  2. ↑ "2012-13 catalog - Student Media". catalog.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-11. Texas Student Media (TSM) is the largest student media enterprise in the country, with an annual budget of $1.8 million.
  3. ↑ "TSM Excellence Fund | Moody College of Communication". moody.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  4. ↑ "TSM Excellence Fund | Moody College of Communication". moody.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  5. ↑ Ketterer, Samantha. "Texas Student Media projected to end fiscal quarter in the black". The Daily Texan. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  6. ↑ "FY25 Q2 financials". Texas Student Media. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  7. 1 2 Battle, W. J. (1976). "University of Texas at Austin". Texas State Historical Association. Austin, TX. Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  8. 1 2 The Blunderbuss (2016-08-26). "Comic Relief". The Blunderbuss. Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  9. ↑ Muñoz, Laura; de la Garza, Roddy (May 1992). "Texas Student Publications: Financial Decline". Tejas. UT Watch. pp. 26, 45. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.
  10. ↑ Cactus Yearbook (University of Texas Austin, 1972), p. 66.
  11. ↑ Steel, Emily (August 9, 2006). "Big Media on Campus". The Wall Street Journal . Dow Jones & Company . Retrieved 2007-06-24.
  12. ↑ "Our Entities". Texas Student Media. The University of Texas at Austin. 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  13. ↑ "DT WEEKEND". www.dtweekend.com. Archived from the original on 2006-01-02.
  14. ↑ "Keyword Acquisitions". longhornliving.org.
  15. ↑ "About Us". Texas Travesty. 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  16. ↑ "TSTV: Inside Funding for UT's Student-Run TV Station | Communication Council". commcouncil.utexas.org. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  17. ↑ "Vector Magazine". sec.engr.utexas.edu. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  18. ↑ "About BurntX | Burnt X". www.burntx.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  19. ↑ "About". Texas Connect. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  20. ↑ "Bevo Video Productions – Video Production by Longhorns for Longhorns". bevovideo.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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