Honolulu Star-Advertiser

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Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (front page).jpg
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Oahu Publications [1]
PublisherDennis Francis [2]
FoundedJune 7, 2010 (merger between The Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin )
Headquarters7 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 500
500 Ala Moana Blvd.
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
US [1]
Circulation 82,656 Daily
107,191(as of 2023) [3]
Website staradvertiser.com

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser is the largest daily newspaper in Hawaii, formed in 2010 with the merger of The Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin after the acquisition of the former by Black Press, which already owned the latter.

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History

On February 25, 2010, Canadian publisher Black Press Ltd., which owned the Honolulu Star-Bulletin , purchased The Honolulu Advertiser, then owned by Gannett Corporation for $125 million. As part of the deal to acquire the Advertiser, Black Press agreed to place the Star-Bulletin on the selling block. If no buyer came forward by March 29, 2010, Black Press would start making preparations to operate both papers through a transitional management team and then combine the two dailies into one.

On March 30, 2010, three parties came forward with offers to buy the Star-Bulletin, but a month later on April 27, 2010, the bids were rejected because their bids for the Star-Bulletin were below the minimum liquidation price. Black Press canceled the sale and proceeded with transition plans, which came on the same day that they were approved to take over the Advertiser by the United States Department of Justice. [4] [5] On May 3, 2010, a new company set up by Black Press, HA Management, took over the operations of the paper, while Black Press continued overseeing the Star-Bulletin during a 30- to 60-day transition period, after which both papers merged into one daily, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Both the Advertiser and the Star-Bulletin published their final editions as separate publications on June 6, 2010, [6] and Black Press officially launched the Honolulu Star-Advertiser as a broadsheet morning daily on June 7, 2010.

In June 2020, due to the COVID-19 recession in the United States, the paper laid off 15 of its 34 reporters, two photographers, three page designers, seven clerks, three graphic artists and a web designer. [7]

In July 2023, four editorial employees accepted a voluntary buyout offer and left the paper. [8] In October 2024, thirteen employees, including six newsroom workers, were laid off. [9]

Format and operations

Prior to the merger, the Honolulu Advertiser published in broadsheet format while the Honolulu Star-Bulletin published in tabloid format. The Star-Advertiser uses the Advertiser's broadsheet format, while using a modified Star-Bulletin masthead (with the name "Advertiser" replacing "Bulletin" in the masthead's blackletter font).

The newsroom for the combined paper is out of the former Star-Bulletin offices in Restaurant Row, with the paper printed and distributed from the Advertiser's facilities in Kapolei. About 453 jobs were eliminated in the consolidation, leaving a combined staff of 474.

The paper sells in retail outlets for $1.50 on Oahu daily and $3 Sundays plus Thanksgiving Day. All other islands are $2 & $3.50, respectively.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Building a Better Newspaper for You". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. June 7, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  2. ↑ Bridgewater, Frank (June 7, 2010). "Staffs Combine to Carry on Isles' Journalism Tradition". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Retail Rates 2022 (Preprint Advertising)" (PDF). Oahu Publications, Inc. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  4. ↑ Daysog, Rick (April 27, 2010). "Star-Bulletin owner gets green light for purchase of Advertiser". The Honolulu Advertiser . Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  5. ↑ Ako, Diane (April 29, 2010). "Bye, Bulletin". The Honolulu Advertiser . Archived from the original on May 5, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  6. ↑ Schaefers, Allison (May 2, 2010). "Newspaper giant leaves the islands". Honolulu Star-Bulletin . Archived from the original on May 6, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2010.Daysog, Rick (May 3, 2010). "Press Run Ends for Gannett in Isles". The Honolulu Advertiser . Retrieved June 7, 2010.Kerr, Keoki (May 12, 2010). "Merged Honolulu Star-Advertiser Begins June 7". KITV . Archived from the original on January 21, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  7. ↑ Jedra, Christina (2020-06-13). "The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Is Gutting Its Newsroom". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  8. ↑ Eichenstein, Alex (2023-07-25). "Honolulu Star-Advertiser Is Cutting More News Staff". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  9. ↑ "Photographers who covered Maui wildfires among latest round of newspaper layoffs". Hawaii News Now. 2024-10-30. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
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