The State News, founded in 1909, is a private, non-profit 501 (c) 3 corporation that is affiliated with but independent of Michigan State University. Its employees are that of State News Inc. and not MSU. The student-run operation produces a weekly newspaper, updates its Web and social media sites daily, sells and creates advertising and maintains and creates web sites and content management systems for its SNworks subsidiary. TSN employs 60-plus students in editorial, advertising, marketing, web development and distribution functions.