Type Daily Language English Headquarters London, England | Launched 1888 Ceased publication 1960 | |
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Founder(s) John Murray
William Lane | ||
The Star was a London evening newspaper founded in 1888. Founding sponsors of the new paper included publisher John Murray and William Lane of the Minerva Press. It ceased publication in 1960 when it was merged with the Evening News, as part of the same takeover that saw the News Chronicle absorbed into the Daily Mail. For some years after, the merged paper was called The Evening News and Star. [1]
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Editors
1888: T. P. O'Connor 1890: Henry W. Massingham 1891: Ernest Parke 1908: James Douglas 1920: Wilson Pope 1930: Edward Chattaway 1936: Robin Cruickshank 1941: Arthur Leslie Cranfield 1957: Ralph McCarthyJack the Ripper
The Star achieved early prominence and high circulation by sensationalising the Whitechapel murders of 1888–1891. Some suspect that it wrote the Dear Boss letter that gave Jack the Ripper his name to boost circulation numbers.
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The Star (London) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA