The State (newspaper)

The State (newspaper)

Infobox Newspaper
name = The State


caption = The July 27, 2005 front page of
"The State"
type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1891
ceased publication =
price =
owners = The McClatchy Company
publisher = Henry Haitz III
editor = Mark Lett
circulation = 106,053 Daily
139,022 Sunday [cite web | title=2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation |publisher=Burrelles"Luce" |url=http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/2007_Top_100List.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-06-01 |date=2007-03-31]
headquarters = 1401 Shop Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29201-4843
USA
ISSN =
website = [http://www.thestate.com/ TheState.com]

"The State" is a daily morning newspaper published in Columbia, South Carolina, in the United States. Owned by The McClatchy Company and distributed in most of South Carolina's 46 counties, "The State" is the largest newspaper in the Palmetto State.

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.

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 convert|260000|sqft|m2|sing=on building completed in 1988, three miles (5 km) south of downtown. [http://www.thestate.com/229/] Web page titled "About The State" at "The State" Web site, accessed April 6, 2007]

History

The newspaper, first published on February 18, 1891.cite web|url=http://www.mcclatchy.com/146/story/367.html|title=The McClatchy Company Newspapers: The State|publisher=The McClatchy Company|accessdate=2006-11-07] cite web|url=http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/contact_us/about_np1/|title=Contact Us: About The State|publisher=The State|accessdate=2006-11-07] was founded by two brothers, N.G. Gonzales and A.G. Gonzales. In 1903, N.G. Gonzales was fatally shot by lieutenant governor James H. Tillman. Tillman was acquitted of murder charges.

In 1945, "The State" bought its rival, the "Columbia Record".The paper remained family-owned until 1986, when Knight Ridder purchased The State-Record Co. and six subsidiaries for $311 million. In 2006, Knight Ridder was purchased by McClatchy.

References

External links

* [http://www.thestate.com/ Official website]


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