Star-News

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StarNews
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TypeDaily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Gannett
Founder(s)William H. Bernard
EditorSherry Jones
FoundedSeptember 23, 1867 (1867-09-23)
Language American English
Headquarters5041 New Centre Drive, Suite 115
Wilmington, North Carolina
United States
Circulation 20,088(as of 2018) [1]
ISSN 1937-4100
OCLC number 52221738
Website starnewsonline.com

StarNews is an American, English language daily newspaper for Wilmington, North Carolina, and its surrounding area (known as the Lower Cape Fear). It is North Carolina's oldest newspaper in continuous publication. [2] It was owned by Halifax Media Group until 2015, when Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group. [3] New Media merged with Gannett in 2019, and the combined company took the Gannett name. [4]

Contents

The StarNews covers a three-county region in Southeastern North Carolina: New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender.

History

Historic sign marker for the Wilmington Morning Star StarNews Historic Marker.jpg
Historic sign marker for the Wilmington Morning Star
The former headquarters for the StarNews in Wilmington, North Carolina StarNews Headquarters.jpg
The former headquarters for the StarNews in Wilmington, North Carolina

The paper was originally published on September 23, 1867, as the Wilmington Evening Star by former Confederate Major William H. Bernard. Shortly after first publishing the paper, Bernard changed the paper to come out in the morning and changed the paper name to the Wilmington Morning Star. [2] "[I]t was an ardent advocacy of white supremacy-a view never more strongly demonstrated than in its coverage of the Wilmington race riots of 1898." [5]

In 1927, R. W. Page bought the Morning Star, and in 1929 bought the city's afternoon newspaper, the Wilmington News-Dispatch, which was later shortened to simply the Wilmington News. Later in 1929, the two papers began running a combined edition on Sunday, the Star-News. Page and his family continued to own the paper until 1975, when it was acquired by The New York Times Company. [5]

From 1935 to 1970, the Morning Star was located in the Murchison Building on North Front Street in downtown Wilmington. The newspaper moved into its location at 1003 17th Street South in 1970. [6]

On April 24, 2003; separate delivery of the Morning Star and News ended, and the two papers merged into a single seven-day paper, the StarNews. [7] [8]

As a result of damage from Hurricane Florence in September 2018, the StarNews moved into a temporary location in the Harrelson Building, after operating from a Hampton Inn, WWAY, and even homes of staff. The StarNews never stopped publishing during the storm. [6]

In December 2023, the paper announced it was switching from carrier to mail delivery via the U.S. Postal Service. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "2018 Legacy NEWM Annual Reports" (PDF). investors.gannett.com. 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Marker: D-75". North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program. North Carolina Office of Archives & History. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  3. ↑ New Media Announces Agreement to Acquire Halifax Media Group for $280.0 Million Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "GateHouse, Gannett merger is official, creating largest U.S. newspaper chain". MarketWatch. Associated Press. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  5. 1 2 Williams, Wiley J. (2006). "Wilmington Star". In Powell, William S. (ed.). Encyclopedia of North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "StarNews newspaper moves operations to downtown Wilmington because of Florence damage". Winston-Salem Journal . Tribune News Service. September 29, 2018.
  7. ↑ Svanum, Ken (April 24, 2003). "New look to page; heritage remains". Star-News. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ Svanum, Ken (April 24, 2003). "New look to page; heritage remains (text-only version)". StarNewsOnline.com. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  9. ↑ "StarNews transitioning to postal delivery for print newspaper". Wilmington Star-News. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
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