The State (newspaper)
{{short description|Daily morning newspaper published in Columbia, South Carolina}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The State
| image = The State front page.jpg
| caption = The paper's July 27, 2005 front page
| type = Newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| foundation = 1891
| circulation = 36,541 Daily
45,103 Sunday
| circulation_date = 2020
| headquarters = Currently no physical location {{Cite web |date=May 27, 2020 |title=The State to add newsroom jobs, move printing to Charlotte |url=https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article243035546.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730011925/https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article243035546.html |archive-date=2021-07-30 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=The State}}
| chiefeditor = Brian Tolley
| publisher = Brian Tolley
| language = English
| ISSN = 0038-9994
| oclc = 1333898093
| website = [http://www.thestate.com/ 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.
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|access-date=2006-11-07|archive-date=2006-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061105223454/http://www.mcclatchy.com/146/story/367.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/contact_us/about_np1/|title=Contact Us: About The State|publisher=The State|access-date=2006-11-07|archive-date=2007-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202185316/http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/contact_us/about_np1/|url-status=live}} was founded by two brothers, N.G. Gonzales and A.E. Gonzales.{{Cite web |date=2007-04-18 |title=The State {{!}} About |url=http://www.thestate.com/229/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418160450/http://www.thestate.com/229/ |archive-date=2007-04-18 }} 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.
On April 22, 2024 The State started printing Sunday, Wednesday and Friday only and delivering through the mail.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article285519697.html|title=The State to change print publication days, delivery method in next step of digital push|last=Tolley|first=Brian|work=The State|date=February 16, 2024|access-date=June 10, 2024}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2009-06-26 |title=Sanford admits affair: 'I've let down a lot of people' - Sanford - The State |url=http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story/839231.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626065707/http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story/839231.html |archive-date=2009-06-26 }}
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|adj=on}} building completed in 1988, {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} south of downtown.
In 2017, the McClatchy Company listed the State's Columbia headquarters building for sale for $17,000,000.{{Cite web|title=CBRE, Inc. - 1401 Shop Rd, Columbia, SC|url=http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Looplink/tmplengine/ListingProfilePage.aspx?LID=6518541&STID=cbre|access-date=2017-10-28|website=www.loopnet.com|archive-date=2017-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028144804/http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Looplink/tmplengine/ListingProfilePage.aspx?LID=6518541&STID=cbre|url-status=live}}
See also
{{Portal|United States|Journalism}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://business.mcclatchy.com/columbia The State Self-Service Advertising - McClatchy Ad Manager]
- [http://www.winwithmcclatchy.com McClatchy Advertising - WinWithMcClatchy.com]
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Category:Mass media in Columbia, South Carolina
Category:McClatchy publications
Category:Newspapers published in South Carolina