Washington Star

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daily newspaper defunct newspaper newspaper

The Washington Star was a prominent Washington, D.C. daily newspaper known for its political coverage and influential commentary before ceasing publication in the early 1980s.

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Label Occurrences
The Washington Star 2
Washington Star canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf daily newspaper ⓘ
defunct newspaper ⓘ
newspaper ⓘ
acquiredBy Time Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
circulationArea District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maryland suburbs ⓘ
Virginia suburbs ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
competitor The Washington Post NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateDissolved 1981 ⓘ
distributionArea Washington metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime early 1980s ⓘ
formerName The Evening Star NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington Star-News NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Alexander Robey Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crosby Stuart Noyes NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Douglas Wallach NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGenre general-interest newspaper ⓘ
political journalism ⓘ
hasSection editorials ⓘ
features ⓘ
local news ⓘ
national news ⓘ
politics ⓘ
sports ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
influenced political discourse in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
knownFor coverage of U.S. federal government ⓘ
coverage of Washington, D.C. local news ⓘ
editorial commentary ⓘ
political coverage ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfHeadOffice Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
medium broadsheet ⓘ
notableFor coverage of Congress ⓘ
coverage of U.S. presidents ⓘ
editorial cartoons ⓘ
ownedBy Evening Star Newspaper Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment generally conservative editorial stance ⓘ
publicationFrequency daily ⓘ
publisher Evening Star Newspaper Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForEnd declining circulation ⓘ
financial difficulties ⓘ
startTime 19th century ⓘ

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Maureen Dowd → workedFor → Washington Star ⓘ
Winston Groom → employer → Washington Star ⓘ
Pat Oliphant → employer → Washington Star ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Washington Star
James G. Polk → employer → Washington Star ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Washington Star