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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Gannett |
| Founder | William H. Bernard |
| Editor | Sherry Jones |
| Founded | September 23, 1867 (1867-09-23) |
| Language | American English |
| Headquarters | 5041 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 |
StarNews is an American, English language dailynewspaper forWilmington, North Carolina, and its surrounding area (known as the LowerCape Fear). It is North Carolina's oldest newspaper in continuous publication.[2] It was owned byHalifax Media Group until 2015, when Halifax was acquired byNew Media Investment Group.[3] New Media merged with Gannett in 2019, and the combined company took the Gannett name.[4]
TheStarNews covers a three-county region in Southeastern North Carolina:New Hanover,Brunswick andPender.
| Owner | Years |
|---|---|
| New York Times Company | 1975 – January 6, 2012 |
| Halifax Media Group | January 6, 2012 – 2015 |
| GateHouse Media | 2015–2019 |
| Gannett | 2019– |
The paper was originally published on September 23, 1867, as theWilmington Evening Star by formerConfederate 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 theWilmington Morning Star.[2] "[I]t was an ardent advocacy of white supremacy—a view never more strongly demonstrated than in its coverage of theWilmington race riots of 1898."[5]
In 1927, R. W. Page bought theMorning Star, and in 1929 bought the city's afternoon newspaper, theWilmington News-Dispatch, which was later shortened to simply theWilmington News. Later in 1929, the two papers began running a combined edition on Sunday, theStar-News. Page and his family continued to own the paper until 1975, when it was acquired byThe New York Times Company.[5]
From 1935 to 1970, theMorning 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 theMorning Star andNews ended, and the two papers merged into a single seven-day paper, theStarNews.[7][8]
As a result of damage fromHurricane Florence in September 2018, theStarNews moved into a temporary location in the Harrelson Building, after operating from aHampton Inn,WWAY, and even homes of staff. TheStarNews 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]
