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StarNews
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StarNews is an American, English language daily

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

Historic sign marker for the Wilmington Morning Star
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

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

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

References

  1. ^ "2018 Legacy NEWM Annual Reports" (PDF). investors.gannett.com. 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ 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.
  6. ^
    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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