Honolulu Star
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format |
Broadsheet (1912–2009) Tabloid (2009–2010) |
| Owner(s) | Oahu Publications Inc. (Subsidiary of Black Press Ltd.) |
| Publisher | Dennis Francis |
| Editor | Frank Bridgewater |
| Founded | 1912 (Merger between Evening Bulletin and Hawaiian Star) |
| Ceased publication | June 6, 2010 (Merged into Honolulu Star-Advertiser) |
| Headquarters | Restaurant Row, 7 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 210 500 Ala Moana, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. US |
| Circulation | 64,073 Morning 60,158 Sunday |
| ISSN | 2326-1137 |
| OCLC number | 8807359 |
| Website | starbulletin |
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin was a daily newspaper based in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. At the time publication ceased on June 6, 2010, it was the second largest daily newspaper in the state of Hawaiʻi (after the Honolulu Advertiser). The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, along with a sister publication called MidWeek, was owned by Black Press of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and administered by a council of local Hawaii investors. The daily merged with the Advertiser on June 7, 2010, to form the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, after Black Press's attempts to find a buyer fell through.
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin traces its roots to the Feb. 1, 1882, founding of the Evening Bulletin by J. W. Robertson and Company. In 1912, it merged with the Hawaiian Star to become the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Wallace Rider Farrington, who later became territorial governor of Hawaii, was the editor of the newspaper from 1898 and the president and publisher from 1912 until his death. His son Joseph Rider Farrington succeeded him and served as president and publisher until his own death in 1954. From 1962 it was owned by a local group of investors led by Elizabeth P. Farrington and operated under a joint operating agreement with the Honolulu Advertiser that allowed the two papers to use the same printing facilities and sales personnel (the Hawaii Newspaper Agency) while maintaining separate fully competitive editorial staffs and providing Honolulu with two distinct editorial "voices."
Gannett Pacific Corporation, a subsidiary of Gannett Corporation, purchased the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1971 under the terms of the existing joint operating agreement. The terms of the joint operating agreement did not allow one company to own both newspapers, so in 1992, Gannett sold the Honolulu Star-Bulletin to Liberty Newspapers so that it could purchase the Honolulu Advertiser. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin's circulation was allowed to decline thereafter and staffing reduced.
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