The Star (London)
Placard for The Star announcing signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 28 June 1919
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| Type | Daily |
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| Founder(s) |
John Murray William Lane |
| Launched | 1888 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 1960 |
| Headquarters | London, England |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
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]
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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