“S” is for State, the. The State newspaper was born in 1891 of a bitter political struggle between South Carolina’s conservative political establishment and the agrarianism of Governor Benjamin “Pitchfork” Tillman. The newspaper later morphed into a champion of progressive causes and by 1910 was the largest newspaper in South Carolina. By the 1960s the State was basically conservative and began endorsing Republican Party candidates and causes. The newspaper was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for its reporting in 1989 on Hurricane Hugo. In 1987 its daily circulation peaked at 119,194. The newspaper and it affiliated radio and television enterprises were purchased by Knight Ridder in 1986. Twenty years later Knight Ridder was purchased by McClatchy. In 2024 the State began publishing a print edition only on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday with delivery by U.S. Mail.
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