The ''New York Star'' or the ''Daily Star'' (1868–1891) was a
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
newspaper.
The paper was founded around early 1868 by employees of ''
The Sun'', who feared that the recent purchase of the ''Sun'' by
Charles Anderson Dana
Charles Anderson Dana (August 8, 1819 – October 17, 1897) was an American journalist, author, and senior government official. He was a top aide to Horace Greeley as the managing editor of the powerful Republican newspaper ''New-York Tribune' ...
would turn the political bent of that paper Republican.
[Steele, Janet E]
The Sun Shines for All: Journalism and Ideology in the Life of Charles A. Dana
p. 81 (1993)[ Hudson, Frederic]
Journalism in the United States: From 1690 to 1872
p. 488 (1873) Joe Howard, Jr. soon took control of the paper and remained on as editor, publisher and subsequently chief proprietor until the spring of 1875. A series of other editors and owners followed, each generally unsuccessful in their attempts to make the paper profitable. It went from daily publication to weekly, but then
William Dorsheimer
William Dorsheimer (February 5, 1832 in Lyons, Wayne County, New York – March 26, 1888 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia) was an American lawyer, journalist, newspaper publisher, and politician.
Early life
Dorsheimer was born on February ...
purchased the paper in 1885 and restarted daily publication, running the paper until his death in 1888.
[ ooks.google.com/books?id=sOopAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA208&dq= Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, Volume 2 p. 208 (1888)] Finally,
Frank Munsey, who would years later be known as a great consolidator of newspapers, took a six-month option from owner
Collis Potter Huntington
Collis Potter Huntington (October 22, 1821 – August 13, 1900) was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker) who invested i ...
to buy the ''Star'' in 1891. Munsey turned the paper into a tabloid and renamed it the ''Daily Continent'' as of February 1, 1891. When it did not succeed after a few months, he returned the new paper to Huntington.
[Turner, Hy B]
When Giants Ruled: The Story of Park Row, New York's Great Newspaper Street
p. 179 (1999)[(February 1891)]
Printing and Publishing Prospects Pleasant
''The Inland Printer'', p. 441
When Munsey's plan to take over the paper were announced, the ''Sun'', still nursing the slight which led to the founding of the ''Star'', published a piece on the "long, very remarkable, and altogether disastrous history" of the paper.
[(February 1891)]
The History of a Newspaper
''The Newsman''
The gossip column ''Bab's Babble'' by
Isabel Mallon got its start in the ''Star'' around 1888.
[(15 January 1899)]
The Late "Bab" And Her Work
''The Vindicator
''The Vindicator'' is a daily newspaper serving Youngstown, Ohio, United States and the Mahoning County region as well as southern Trumbull County and northern Columbiana County. ''The Vindicator'' was established in 1869. As of September 1, 2019 ...
''
Other ''Stars''
The title ''New York Star'' has been used multiple times for unrelated newspapers, including the New York ''Morning Star'' (1810–13),
[Brigham, Clarence S]
"Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820: part 8: New York City"
''Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society'' 27(2): 375-513. 1917 a newspaper in the 1820s, the ''New York Evening Star'' founded by
Major Noah in 1833 or 34,
[Wolf, Simon]
Mordecai Manuel Noah: A Biographical Sketch
p. 17 (1897)[About The evening star. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1840](_blank)
chroniclingamerica.com, Retrieved August 30, 2013 a theatrical weekly founded in 1908,
[Gushee, Lawrenc]
Pioneers of Jazz:The Story of the Creole Band
p. 527 (2005) and the 1948-49 successor to ''
PM''. It is also the title of the fictitious newspaper in the television show ''
Sex and the City
''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO. An adaptation of Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City (newspaper column), newspaper column and 1996 book anthology of the ...
''.
References
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External links
The Daily Star on chroniclingamerica
Publications established in 1868
Defunct newspapers published in New York City
19th century in New York City
Daily newspapers published in New York City