The State (newspaper)

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The State
The State front page.jpg
The paper's July 27, 2005 front page
Type Newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Chatham Asset Management [1]
PublisherBrian Tolley
Editor-in-chiefBrian Tolley
Staff writersapproximately 33 [2]
Founded1891
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersCurrently no physical location [3]
Circulation 36,541 Daily
45,103 Sunday(as of 2020) [4]
ISSN 0038-9994
OCLC number 1333898093
Website TheState.com

The State is an American newspaper published in Columbia, South Carolina. The newspaper is owned and distributed by The McClatchy Company in the Midlands region of the state. It is by circulation, the second-largest newspaper in South Carolina after The Post and Courier .

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History

The newspaper, first published on February 18, 1891. [5] [6] was founded by two brothers, N.G. Gonzales and A.E. Gonzales. [7] In 1903, N. G. Gonzales was fatally shot by lieutenant governor James H. Tillman, who was later acquitted of murder charges.

In 1945, The State bought its rival, the Columbia Record , with the parent company becoming The State-Record Company. The paper's owners diversified in 1971 by founding "State Telecasting Company". State Telecasting purchased two television stations in New Mexico and Texas, along with a station in South Carolina. KCBD in Lubbock, Texas, and its full-time satellite KSWS in Roswell, New Mexico, were acquired in 1971 for $6 million from the Joe Bryant estate. WUSN-TV in nearby Charleston, South Carolina, was acquired and the call letters changed to WCBD-TV to conform with those of KCBD. The paper remained in the hands of the Gonzales family until 1986, when Knight Ridder purchased the State-Record Company and six subsidiaries (including the Sun Herald and The Sun News ) for $311 million. In 2006, Knight Ridder was purchased by McClatchy.

In 2020, McClatchy filed for bankruptcy and was purchased by hedge fund, Chatham Asset Management for $312 million. [1]

On April 22, 2024 The State started printing Sunday, Wednesday and Friday only and delivering through the mail. [8]

Background

Its news staff was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in general news reporting for its Hurricane Hugo coverage in 1989. Its cartoonist, Robert Ariail, was a Pulitzer finalist in 1995 and 2000. Reporter Gina Smith and current projects editor broke the Mark Sanford scandal story on June 24, 2009, when she interviewed Sanford at Atlanta Hartsfield Airport as he returned from Argentina. [9]

According to the newspaper's Web site, it has 440 full-time employees and another 31 who work part-time, not including an on-premises "McClatchy Customer Care Center for subscriber assistance." The State has a 260,000-square-foot (24,000 m2) building completed in 1988, three miles (4.8 km) south of downtown. [7]

In 2017, the McClatchy Company listed the State's Columbia headquarters building for sale for $17,000,000. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hall, Kevin G. (September 8, 2020) [2020-09-04]. "Hedge fund Chatham completes purchase of McClatchy, names two independent board members". McClatchyDC. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Contact Us". The State. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ "The State to add newsroom jobs, move printing to Charlotte" . Archived from the original on July 30, 2021.
  4. ↑ "McClatchy | Markets". February 14, 2022. Archived from the original on February 14, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  5. ↑ "The McClatchy Company Newspapers: The State". The McClatchy Company. Archived from the original on November 5, 2006. Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  6. ↑ "Contact Us: About The State". The State. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved November 7, 2006.
  7. 1 2 "The State | About". April 18, 2007. Archived from the original on April 18, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  8. ↑ Tolley, Brian (February 16, 2024). "The State to change print publication days, delivery method in next step of digital push". The State. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Sanford admits affair: 'I've let down a lot of people' - Sanford - The State". June 26, 2009. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  10. ↑ "CBRE, Inc. - 1401 Shop Rd, Columbia, SC". www.loopnet.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
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