The State (newspaper)
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 The July 27, 2005 front page of The State |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | The McClatchy Company |
| Publisher | Henry Haitz III |
| Editor | Mark Lett |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Headquarters | 1401 Shop Road Columbia, SC 29201-4843  United States |
| Circulation | 113,222 Daily 140,362 Sunday[1] |
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| Website: TheState.com | |
The State is a daily morning newspaper published in Columbia, South Carolina, in the United States. It is distributed in most of the 46 counties in South Carolina. Along with The Greenville News and Charleston's Post and Courier, it is one of the three largest papers in the Palmetto State. It is owned by The McClatchy Company.
The newspaper was first published on February 18, 1891.[2][3]
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.
[edit] Other milestones
- 1903: The paper's founding editor, N.G. Gonzales, was fatally shot by lieutenant governor James H. Tillman. Tillman was acquitted of murder charges.
- 1945: The State buys its rival, the Columbia Record.
- 1986: Knight Ridder buys The State-Record Co. and six subsidiaries for $311 million.
- 2006: Knight Ridder is purchased by McClatchy.
[edit] References
- ^ 2006 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation (PDF). BurrellesLuce (2006-03-31). Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
- ^ The McClatchy Company Newspapers: The State. The McClatchy Company. Retrieved on November 7, 2006.
- ^ Contact Us: About The State. The State. Retrieved on November 7, 2006.
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