The San Juan Star

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The San Juan Star
TypeDaily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s)Ricardo Angulo, and Matthew Angulo
PresidentDr. Ricardo Angulo
Founded1959
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication2008
Relaunched2009
Website www.sanjuandailystar.com

The San Juan Star is the only English and Spanish newspaper in Puerto Rico. The Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper was published by Star Media Network, a subdivision of San Juan Star, Inc. [1]

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History

The newspaper was founded in 1959 by William J. Dorvillier, and was intended for the English-speaking population in Puerto Rico. [2] Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Kennedy was once the managing editor of the Star, soon after its inception to 1961. [3] [4] Other contributors included Eddie López [5] and Juan Manuel García Passalacqua. Scott Ware served as managing editor from 1991 to 1992, then editor until 1994. [6] The paper was sold in 1996 from then owner Scripps-Howard to Gerardo Angulo, a wealthy Cuban businessman and venture capitalist who had formerly worked for money manager Ivan Boesky. [7]

Demise

On Friday August 29, 2008, The Star closed down, as part of a restructuring plan to eliminate its liabilities during the 2008 recession. In response to surging financing costs, Angulo legally outmaneuvered the paper's creditors in a ploy to transfer its assets to another one of his companies. [8] [9]

Relaunch

In 2009, The San Juan Star reopened under Angulo's shell company, renamed The San Juan Daily Star, [10] having increased to daily publication: Monday through Thursday with an additional weekend edition. On October 23, 2015, Gerardo Angulo died as the result of a car crash while on a business trip to the Dominican Republic. The Star, along with the rest of Angulo's portfolio, totaling an estimated 300 Million USD., are now held in trust by his father, Dr. Ricardo Angulo, on behalf of his sons Matthew and Ricardo Angulo. [11]

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