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The Hollywood Sun-Tattler was a daily newspaper serving Hollywood and southern Broward County, Florida.

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In 1932, the South Broward Tattler newspaper was launched. In 1935, the Hollywood Sun was established as a competing weekly. In 1942, it was combined with the South Broward Tattler and the Hollywood News (established in 1924), adopting the Hollywood Sun-Tattler name that it would use for most of its history. [1] The first owner of the newspaper was Wallace Stevens, and the paper was acquired by the E. W. Scripps Company in 1965. [2] In 1989, it was purchased again and reverted to the Hollywood Sun name. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

In December 1991, the paper, which as of 1989 had had a circulation of 31,000, ceased operation. [8] [9] [10] [11]

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