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An example of a cover from The Austin American-Statesman in 2008. The January 27, 2008 front page of The Austin American Statesman
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	Cox Enterprises
Publisher	Jane Williams
Founded	1871 (as the Democratic Statesman)
Headquarters	305 South Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78704  United States
Circulation	151,520 daily 186,219 Sunday[1]
ISSN	1553-8451
Official website	statesman.com

The Austin American-Statesman is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is owned by Cox Enterprises. The newspaper places focus on issues affecting Austin and the Central Texas region.

The Statesman endorsed George W. Bush in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections^[2], and Republican governor Rick Perry along with every other Republican incumbent in 2006.^{[citation needed]} In the 2008 presidential election, however, the paper endorsed Barack Obama.^[2] The Statesman also provides coverage of the 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. In addition, the Statesman partners with the St. Petersburg Times with PolitiFact Texas, a site that uncovers the truth in issues that are relevant to Texas and the Austin area.

Circulation[link]

Though Austin is the 15th largest city (and the 36th largest metropolitan area) in the U.S., the American-Statesman does not rank in the top 25 U.S., it actually ranks only 60th in circulation. according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.^[3] Figures from Scarborough Research show the Statesman — in print and online — reaches 68% of Central Texans in an average week.^[4]

Coincident with the fact that Austin is also one of America's most Internet-connected cities, though not ranked in the 25 largest "connected" cities, the Statesman's daily circulation trend ranks among those cities whose major newspaper is seeing drops of 5% or more.^[5] 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.

Newsroom management[link]

Austin American-Statesman headquarters

• Editor: Debbie Hiott
• Assistant managing editors: Drew Marcks, Sharon Roberts
• Ahora Si editor: Josefina Villicana-Casati
• Austin360.com editor: Kristi Kingston
• Business editor: Barry Harrell
• Editorial page editor: Arnold Garcia
• Features editor: Kathy Blackwell
• Graphics director: G.W. Babb
• Internet managing editor: Zach Ryall
• State editor: Debra Davis
• Statesman.com editor: Kristi Kingston
• Systems editor: Doug Miller

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External links[link]

	Austin portal
	Journalism portal

• Statesman.com
• Austin American-Statesman from the Handbook of Texas Online