The Star
Placard for The Star announcing signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 28 June 1919
TypeDaily
Founder(s)T. P. O'Connor
Launched1888
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication1960
HeadquartersLondon, England
CityLondon
CountryEngland

The Star was a London evening newspaper founded in 1888.[1] 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 afterward, the merged paper was called The Evening News and Star.[2]

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 McCarthy

Jack the Ripper

The Star achieved early prominence and high circulation by sensationalising the Whitechapel murders of 1888–1891. Some suspect that one of its journalists wrote the Dear Boss letter that gave Jack the Ripper his name to boost circulation numbers.[3][failed verification][4]

References

  1. ^ "Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Nineteenth Century". British Library. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. ^ "The History of The Star". The star fiction index. At web pages. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ^ TV review: Nasa: Triumph and Tragedy | Jack the Ripper: Tabloid Killer Revealed
  4. ^ Andrew Cook, Jack the Ripper: Case Closed, ISBN 978-1-84868-327-3


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