The Daily Gamecock
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet and tabloid |
| Owner(s) | University of South Carolina |
| Editor | Larissa Johnson |
| Founded | 1908 (as The Gamecock) |
| Headquarters | 1400 Greene Street Russell House, 3rd floor Columbia, SC 29208 United States |
| Circulation | 8,000 daily |
| Website | dailygamecock.com |
The Daily Gamecock (formerly The Gamecock) is the editorially independent daily student newspaper of the University of South Carolina. It primarily serves the main campus of the university in Columbia and regional campuses of the University of South Carolina System in the state of South Carolina.
The Daily Gamecock circulates 6,000 papers Monday through Thursday and claims a daily readership of 35,000. It was recently ranked as The Princeton Review's 14th best college newspaper. According to the South Carolina Press Association, The Daily Gamecock is South Carolina's 14th largest newspaper. The newspaper is editorially independent from the university. The newspaper is printed at the press of The State in Columbia.
The first issue of The Gamecock was published on January 30, 1908. Robert Gonzales, a student, was largely responsible for the paper's establishment.
In its first semester only three issues were produced, but in the following term the paper began weekly production. The paper eventually moved to publication on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and in the fall semester of 2006 began publishing Monday through Friday in print and online. Renamed The Daily Gamecock, it became the first student paper in South Carolina to publish daily. The print version of the Daily Gamecock is published Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and nine times during the summer, with the exception of university holidays and exam periods.
On January 30, 2008, the newspaper completed 100 years of operation, which it marked with prizes, a special letterhead, historical headlines, and an alumni ball celebrated the milestone.
In March 2013, the newspaper launched the latest version of its Web site at dailygamecock.com. In 2009, the newspaper also launched its Facebook account and fan page "The Daily Gamecock" as well as four Twitter accounts: "TDG_Sports", "GamecockMix", "GamecockNews" and "TheGamecock". The staff also launched staff and section blogs. The Twitter account now has more than 20,000 followers.
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