The Paper Trail

July 25, 1871: The Democratic Statesman begins publishing.

1891: Austin Daily News begins publishing.

1898: Austin Tribune begins publishing.

1904: Austin Tribune takes over Austin Daily News.

1914: The Democratic Statesman takes over Austin Tribune.

1914: Hal H. Sevier launches the Austin American.

1916: Democratic Statesman shifts to afternoon publication, changes name to The Evening Statesman.

1924: Evening Statesman and Austin American combine some operations, but maintain separate editorial staffs. Sunday edition is published as Austin American-Statesman.

1973: The two dailies merge, begin publishing daily as Austin American-Statesman.

1974: Mike Laosa begins newspaper career in the American-Statesman circulation department.

1976: Cox Enterprises buys American-Statesman and papers in Waco, Lufkin, and Port Arthur from the Fentress family for an undisclosed price.

1981: American-Statesman moves into new building on Town Lake.

1981: Austin Chronicle begins publishing.

1986: Roger Kintzel becomes publisher of the American-Statesman.

1994: American-Statesman begins publishing XLent.

May 1995: Former Statesman editor Roger Kintzel tells The Austin Chronicle, "I plan to stay here a long time."

July 1995: Rich Oppel named editor of American-Statesman.

December 1995: Kintzel leaves Austin for Atlanta; Mike Laosa becomes publisher of the American-Statesman. -- R.B.