Texas Student Media (TSM) is an auxiliary enterprise of theUniversity of Texas at Austin (UT) and the largest student media operation in the United States.[2] It is composed of faculty, student, and professional news industry representatives.
UT's first publication was theCactus Yearbook, established in 1894;[1] followed in 1900 by the weeklyTexan (which evolved intoThe Daily Texan in 1913). In 1902, theStudent Association was formed, partly to oversee UT student publications. In 1921, as more publications emerged,Texas Student Publications, Inc. (TSP) was formed.[1] Over the years the organization oversaw a number of UT publications:
On Campus
The Coyote (1908 – 1915)[3] — humor magazine banned by the Student Association[4]
The Scalper (Oct. 1919 – Nov. 1922) — humor magazine banned by the TSP for its perceived "immorality"[4]
The Texas Ranger (Oct. 1923 – Jan. 1972) — humor magazine; a number of staffers (from the period 1959–1965) later went on to become key members of theunderground comix scene
The Peregrinus (1949 – 2004) —University of Texas School of Law yearbook (named afterPraetor Peregrinus, the patron saint of law students); first published by the Society of Peregrinus and taken over by TSP in 1970
The Riata: The Student Literary Magazine of the University of Texas (Spring 1961 – Spring 1971)
Texas Engineering and Science Magazine (1965 – Jan. 1972)
The Pearl (Fall 1972 – Apr. 1977) — successor toThe Texas Ranger; monthly supplement toThe Daily Texan that changed its name toThe Maverick in its final year
UTMost (Fall 1978 – 1992) — the sixth UT magazine[5]
The Texas Ranger,The Riata, andTexas Engineering and Science Magazine were all cancelled in January 1972 by the TSP Board[6] because they were being published with more liabilities than assets.
In 2002, reflecting its increasing engagement with broadcast media, the organization changed its name toTexas Student Media.[1]
The Daily Texan is the most significant of TSM's properties. With a daily print circulation of 14,600 copies and an online presence that reaches an average of 10,600 visitors per day,The Daily Texan is the centerpiece of what has become a $2.3 million multimedia operation.[7]
The following is a comprehensive list of Texas Student Media properties:[8]
The Daily Texan, the most award-winning college newspaper in the United States, established in a previous form in 1900
DT Weekend,[9]The Daily Texan's weekly entertainment resource
Longhorn Living,[10] the first student-created housing and apartment search engine for all University of Texas students
The Texas Travesty, the college humor publication with the largest circulation in the United States;[11] originally independent but absorbed by TSP/TSM in 1998[1]
A joint student-faculty Board of Operating Trustees sets policy and oversees the operation of student media on behalf of theUniversity of Texas System Board of Regents. The Board also appoints the Director of Student Media, who oversees the daily business functions of TSM. The Director serves renewable annual terms. The Board of Operating Trustees is composed of three faculty members appointed to two year terms by the UT President, two outside media professionals appointed to two year terms by the UT President, and six students elected by the general student body to two year terms.
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^"2012-13 catalog - Student Media".catalog.utexas.edu. Retrieved2022-10-11.Texas Student Media (TSM) is the largest student media enterprise in the country, with an annual budget of $1.8 million.
^abBattle, W. J. (1976)."University of Texas at Austin".Texas State Historical Association. Austin, TX.Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved2022-10-11.
^abThe Blunderbuss (2016-08-26)."Comic Relief".The Blunderbuss.Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved2022-10-11.
