Austin American-Statesman
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 The January 27, 2008 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 | Fred Zipp |
| Founded | 1871 (as the Democratic Statesman) |
| Headquarters | 305 South Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78704  United States |
| Circulation | 173,527 daily 215,984 Sunday[1] |
| ISSN | 1553-8451 |
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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. The Statesman places focus on issues affecting Austin and the Central Texas region.
The Statesman is sometimes referred to as liberal[citation needed]. On balance, its editorials show it to be an amalgam of liberal philosophy combined with strong pro-business sentiment. In this, it reflects 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 Music Festival. The newspaper co-sponsors various events around Austin such as the Capital 10K foot race and the Season for Caring charity campaign.
The Statesman's news website is Statesman.com and its entertainment site is Austin360.com. Both sites are known for embracing citizen journalism because they are among the few newspaper Internet sites to host reader blogs.
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[edit] Circulation
Austin is the 16th largest city in the U.S., but only the 37th largest metropolitan area in the United States. In any case, the Austin American-Statesman does not rank in the top 25 U.S. newspapers according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.[2]
Coincident with the fact that Austin is also one of America's most Internet-connected cities, the Statesman's daily circulation trend ranks among those cities whose major newspaper is seeing drops of 5% or more, according to circulation sources. As compared to a U.S. national decline of 2.1%, the Statesman's daily circulation in the most recent six-month reporting period fell 5.6% to 173,527. Its Sunday circulation fell 5.5% to 215,984.
Figures from Scarborough Research[3] show the Statesman — in print and online — reaches 68% of Central Texans in an average week.
[edit] Newsroom management
Editor: Fred Zipp
Managing editor: Debbie Hiott
Assistant managing editors: Drew Marcks, Sharon Roberts
Ahora Si editor: Josefina Villicana-Casati
Austin360.com editor: Gary Dinges
Business editor: Kathy Warbelow
Editorial page editor: Arnold Garcia
Features editor: Kathy Blackwell
Graphics director: G.W. Babb
Internet editor: Robert Quigley
Internet managing editor: Zach Ryall
Metro editor: Gary Susswein
Sports editor: John Bridges
State editor: Debra Davis
Statesman.com editor: Kristi Kingston
Systems editor: Doug Miller
[edit] References
- ^ 2007 Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation (PDF). BurrellesLuce (2007-03-31). Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
- ^ Post Beats News
- ^ Scarborough Newspaper Audience Ratings Report
[edit] External links
- Statesman.com
- Austin360.com
- Austin American-Statesman from the Handbook of Texas Online
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