Austin American-Statesman
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 The March 24, 2006 front page of the Austin American-Statesman |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Cox Enterprises |
| Publisher | Mike Laosa |
| Editor | Richard Oppel |
| Founded | 1871 (as the Democratic Statesman) |
| Headquarters | 305 S. Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78704  United States |
| Circulation | 183,952 Daily 228,619 Sunday[1] |
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| Website: statesman.com | |
The Austin American-Statesman is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is an award-winning publication owned by Cox Enterprises and edited by Rich Oppel, who led his previous newspaper, the Charlotte Observer to multiple Pulitzers. The Statesman places focus on issues affecting Austin and the Central Texas region. The Statesman is often accused of being liberal. On balance, its editorials show it to be an amalgam of liberal philosophy combined with strong pro-business sentiment. In this, it reflects a sometimes a stable balance between the Texas heritage of focusing on business and Austin's history of being youthful and liberal. However, it did endorse George W. Bush in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, and Republican governor Rick Perry along with every other Republican incumbent in 2006. The Statesman also tends to provide fair coverage of Libertarian Party and Green Party matters.
The Austin American-Statesman competes with the Austin Chronicle, an alternative weekly. The paper tends to print Associated Press, New York Times, The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times international and national news, but has strong central Texas coverage, especially in political reporting. The Statesman benefits from the culture and writing heritage of Austin. It extensively covers the music scene, especially the annual South by Southwest Festival. The newspaper co-sponsors various events around Austin such as the Capital 10,000 foot race and the Season for Caring charity campaign.
The "American-Statesman's" news Web site is statesman.com and its entertainment site is Austin360. The sites are known for embracing citizen journalism because they are among the few newspaper Internet sites to host reader blogs.
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- ^ 2006 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation (PDF). BurrellesLuce (2006-03-31). Retrieved on 2007-03-05.
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