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.[1]
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 260,000-square-foot (24,000 m2) building completed in 1988, three miles (4.8 km) south of downtown.[7]
In 2017, the McClatchy Company listed the State's Columbia headquarters building for sale for $17,000,000.[9]
state, newspaper, state, american, daily, newspaper, published, columbia, south, carolina, newspaper, owned, distributed, mcclatchy, company, midlands, region, state, circulation, second, largest, newspaper, south, carolina, after, post, courier, statethe, pap. The State is an American daily 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 The StateThe paper s July 27 2005 front pageTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s Chatham Asset Management 1 PublisherBrian TolleyEditor in chiefBrian TolleyStaff writersapproximately 33 2 Founded1891LanguageEnglishHeadquartersCurrently no physical location 3 Circulation36 541 Daily 45 103 Sunday as of 2020 4 ISSN0038 9994WebsiteTheState com Contents 1 History 2 Background 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe newspaper first published on February 18 1891 5 6 was founded by two brothers N G Gonzales and A E Gonzales 7 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 1 Background editIts 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 8 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 260 000 square foot 24 000 m2 building completed in 1988 three miles 4 8 km south of downtown 7 In 2017 the McClatchy Company listed the State s Columbia headquarters building for sale for 17 000 000 9 See also edit nbsp United States portal nbsp Journalism portalList of newspapers in South CarolinaReferences edit a b Hall Kevin G 2020 09 08 2020 09 04 Hedge fund Chatham completes purchase of McClatchy names two independent board members McClatchyDC Archived from the original on 2021 07 30 Contact Us The State Archived from the original on 2021 08 13 The State to add newsroom jobs move printing to Charlotte Archived from the original on 2021 07 30 McClatchy Markets 2022 02 14 Archived from the original on 2022 02 14 Retrieved 2023 04 13 The McClatchy Company Newspapers The State The McClatchy Company Archived from the original on 2006 11 05 Retrieved 2006 11 07 Contact Us About The State The State Archived from the original on 2007 02 02 Retrieved 2006 11 07 a b The State About 2007 04 18 Archived from the original on 2007 04 18 Retrieved 2023 08 21 Sanford admits affair I ve let down a lot of people Sanford The State 2009 06 26 Archived from the original on 2009 06 26 Retrieved 2023 08 21 CBRE Inc 1401 Shop Rd Columbia SC www loopnet com Archived from the original on 2017 10 28 Retrieved 2017 10 28 External links editOfficial website nbsp The State Self Service Advertising McClatchy Ad Manager McClatchy Advertising WinWithMcClatchy com nbsp nbsp This article about a South Carolina newspaper is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The State newspaper amp oldid 1179857656, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
