The Winchester Star

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The Winchester Star
Typedaily newspaper
Owner(s) Ogden Newspapers
PublisherMike Gochenour
Managing editorCynthia Burton
Opinion editorOPEN
Sports editorWalt Moody
Photo editorJeff Taylor
FoundedJuly 4, 1896
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters100 N.Loudoun St, Ste 110, Winchester, Virginia Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Circulation 11,829 Daily
12,591 Saturday(as of 2021) [1]
Website winchesterstar.com

The Winchester Star is a daily newspaper (Monday-Friday) based in Winchester, Virginia covering the Shenandoah Valley area.

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History

On March 6, 2018, it was announced that The Winchester Star, along with the other Byrd family newspapers, were to be sold to Ogden Newspapers. [2] Members of the Byrd family had been the sole owners of The Winchester Star since 1897.

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References

  1. "2021Virginia Press Virginia Press Directory" (PDF). vpa.net. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. "Byrd Newspapers to be sold to Ogden Newspapers". www.winchesterstar.com/. Retrieved 2018-03-27.