History Still Hidden

Reporter of 'Statesman' racial cleansing series disowns published version

"...years. Jaspin, who works for the Washington bureau of Cox Newspapers, owner of the Statesman, spent parts of eight..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Media Watch: Anybody Want to Buy the Bat Cave?

Read all about it – 'Statesman' goes up on the block

"...and cutbacks in coverage are the typical fallout for newspapers in play, especially for companies primping their balance sheets..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Media Watch: 'Statesman' Off the Market

After entering final negotiations to sell the paper, Cox Newspapers walks away from the table

"...Cox Newspapers was in the final stages of negotiations to..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Let's 'Rumbo'! Right Now!

New Spanish dailies battle for a young Latino audience looking for news

"...Currently, there are four Rumbo newspapers, all in Texas. Edward Schumacher Matos, a former Wall..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

Media Clips

The Internet offers new opportunities for newspapers to expand their coverage, but so far, Texas dailies have yet to heed the call.

"...corporations, the same giants who currently reign over television, newspapers, radio, and other media...."

April 21, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The Statesman is one of the Cox newspaper chain's papers. Oppel has said Cox makes every..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

The Hightower Report

The Death of Journalism; and Who Pays for CEO Mismanagement?

"...a geometric leap forward in what we've known as newspapers," he informed the masses...."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Snoring Out Loud

The local daily's cautious toe in the water doesn't work in the wild 'n' wooly blogosphere

"..."Weblog" – represents a major new initiative by the Cox Newspapers-owned Statesman to find a perch in the modern..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

'Statesman' Gets Creative

'Statesman' explores new ways to spark circulation and revenue, often taking a pickax to traditional Ad-Editorial boundaries in the process

"...publishers, the Audit Bureau changed its rules to allow newspapers to include so-called third party copies in their overall..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...bout with prostate cancer in 2001. In keeping with Cox Newspapers' focus on promoting from within the company, Laosa..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature

Media Watch

Freedom Communications Inc. closes its one-reporter Capitol bureau, progressives rally behind Air America, and the last of the tacky deejays

"...its one-reporter Capitol bureau for its three South Texas newspapers, The Monitor (McAllen), the Valley Morning Star, and The..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

More on Oppel Vs. Chomsky

"...U.S. long-term interests. The Statesman is one of the Cox newspaper chain's papers. Oppel has said Cox makes every..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Postmarks

Naked City

Statesman takes a stand against the federal estate tax.

"...the heirs of heirs -- e.g., those of Anne Cox Chambers and Barbara Cox Anthony, owners of Cox Enterprises..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

'Statesman' Editor Retiring; Paper's No. 2 Stepping Up

Rich Oppel stepping down in June, at which point Managing Editor Fred Zipp takes over

"...is a need for change and refreshing the leadership." Cox Newspapers' choice for "change" and "refreshing" the Statesman is..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The Year That Wasn't

"...for George W. Bush took on Dewey-esque proportions as newspapers across the country scrambled to yank banner headlines declaring..."

Jan. 5, 2001 News Feature

Point Austin: Oppel vs. Chomsky

On seeing the world through blood-drenched eyes

"...Oppel's direct dispute with Shihadeh focused on whether Cox Newspapers' Middle East bureau reporters experience editorial "censorship" when..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Who They Are and What They Deserve

The new play 'Voices of Valor' records the memories of a generation that won the war abroad and at home

"...the 1990s and later the Mexico City correspondent for Cox Newspapers. After 18 months as editor of the San..."

March 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Top 9 Media Stories

"...2) 'STATESMAN' NOT FOR SALE For a year, Cox Newspapers entertained offers for the Austin American-Statesman. But with..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Beside the Point: An Open Letter to Rich Oppel

Sometimes it's hard not to agree with Rich Oppel

"...Cox Newspapers Conglomotron, Mount Doom..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Changes are afoot at the Statesman now that little George is going to Washington.

"...in the D.C. bureau of the daily's parent company, Cox Newspapers...."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Cookin' The Facts

Activist takes swipe at Statesman's Politifact service

"...re-name 'PolitiFact Texas' to 'Gotcha, Mo-fo!' were thwarted by Cox Newspapers middle management") he also said that, by undertaking..."

June 2, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...• Rich Oppel, your money's no good here. Cox Newspapers has taken the Austin American-Statesman off the market..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature

Headlines

"...• Austin American-Statesman owner Cox Newspapers will close its Washington, D.C., bureau April 1,..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature

Excerpt

From the July 23, 2006, section of the "Leave or Die" series, Elliot Jaspin reports on the Atlanta media reaction to a 1987 civil rights march in Forsyth County, Ga., organized in part to recall the 1912 racial expulsion.

"...newspaper, which, along with the American-Statesman, is owned by Cox Newspapers...."

March 16, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I urge anyone looking for news independent from the Cox Newspapers and Co. framework to start with Z Magazine..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

Independent News

"...I urge anyone looking for news independent from the Cox Newspapers and Co. framework to start with Z Magazine..."

Aug. 15, 2006 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Cream of the Tech-Top

The Year in Multimedia

"...way to goof off at work. Austin American-Statesman owner Cox Newspapers knows the score: their first Web offerings in..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Screens Feature

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...50 giant corporations controlled the majority of the nation's newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, book publishing houses, and..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Eye of the Media Storm

On the block, the Statesman fiddles while the industry burns

"...around his industry. Every day there's more bad news: newspapers closing, filing for bankruptcy, dumping employees. He's only been..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

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