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"The Statesman" traces its origins back to the Democratic Statesman, which began publication every three weeks beginning in July 1871. The paper began as a semiofficial organ of the state executive committee of the Democratic party and was the only major Democratic newspaper in Texas at that time. It advocated "straight out Jacksonian Democracy" during the Reconstruction period of Republican control of the state. In 1873 the paper began daily morning publication.

In 1914 the Democratic Statesman took over the Austin Tribune (founded 1889), a competitor that in 1904 had absorbed a smaller local newspaper called the Austin Daily News. The newly consolidated paper began to publish each afternoon as the Austin Statesman and Tribune. In 1916 this paper changed its name to the Evening Statesman to reflect a new time of publication.

The American remained the morning paper and the Statesman an afternoon paper, but the Sunday morning issue of the American was renamed the Sunday American-Statesman. Early in 1948 the newspapers became a part of Newspapers Incorporated. The American joined the Associated Press, subscribed to the daily wire services of the United Press International News Service, and acquired comics and other news features on an independent basis from NEA, the Chicago Tribune, and other syndicates.

In November 1973 the Austin American and the Austin Statesman combined to become an all-day newspaper issued in four daily editions as the Austin American-Statesman. In 1976 Cox Enterprises purchased the Austin American-Statesman, and in April 1987, the paper switched from all-day publication to morning editions only.

The Statesman now also produces multiple websites, most notably statesman.com, austin360.com, and hookem.com. They also produce several local weekly papers such as the Pflugerville Pflag and the Round Rock Leader, and a Spanish language paper, Ahora Si. They also do the printing for the Daily Texan and the Austin Chronicle as well as the local printing for The New York Times among others.

Area Served: Austin, Texas metropolitan area. Please provide a link referring to the newspaper's demise.: [Web Link] What is (later, was) its physical address?: 305 S. Congress Ave. Austin, TX USA 78704 Does it now just provide an internet read?: Both newsprint and internet Internet address: [Web Link] Did you ever buy or subscribe to this paper?: No. If applicable, when was this publication's last edition?: Not listed

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