Newspaper in North Carolina, US
For other newspapers with similar names, see
Star News
.
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]
The
StarNews
covers a three-county region in Southeastern North Carolina:
New Hanover
,
Brunswick
and
Pender
.
History
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]
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]
See also
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]
References
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]
- ^
"2018 Legacy NEWM Annual Reports"
(PDF)
.
investors.gannett.com
. 2018.
- ^
a
b
"Marker: D-75"
.
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program
. North Carolina Office of Archives & History
. Retrieved
29 February
2012
.
- ^
New Media Announces Agreement to Acquire Halifax Media Group for $280.0 Million
Archived
2016-03-07 at the
Wayback Machine
- ^
"GateHouse, Gannett merger is official, creating largest U.S. newspaper chain"
.
MarketWatch
. Associated Press
. Retrieved
2023-05-04
.
- ^
a
b
Williams, Wiley J. (2006). "Wilmington Star". In Powell, William S. (ed.).
Encyclopedia of North Carolina
. University of North Carolina Press
. Retrieved
October 15,
2018
.
- ^
a
b
"StarNews newspaper moves operations to downtown Wilmington because of Florence damage"
.
Winston-Salem Journal
.
Tribune News Service
. September 29, 2018.
- ^
Svanum, Ken (April 24, 2003).
"New look to page; heritage remains"
.
Star-News
. Retrieved
January 9,
2015
.
- ^
Svanum, Ken (April 24, 2003).
"New look to page; heritage remains (text-only version)"
.
StarNewsOnline.com
. Retrieved
January 9,
2015
.
- ^
"StarNews transitioning to postal delivery for print newspaper"
.
Wilmington Star-News
. Retrieved
2023-12-29
.
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