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The Meridian Star
Meridian Star HeadquartersType Daily newspaper Format Broadsheet Owner Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. Publisher Crystal Dupre Editor Fredie Carmichael Founded 1898, as The Evening Star Headquarters 814 22nd Avenue
Meridian, Mississippi 39302
United States
Circulation 16,188 daily[1] Official website www.meridianstar.com The Meridian Star is a daily newspaper published each morning in Meridian, Mississippi, USA, covering Lauderdale County and adjoining portions of West Alabama and East Mississippi. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holding, Inc.
Founded as The Evening Star in 1898 by Charles N. Dement,[2] the paper was published each afternoon until early 2005, when morning delivery was implemented. The paper was renamed The Meridian Star in 1915 and has been Meridian's only daily newspaper since 1921.[3]
References
- ^ CNHI-CAN Circulation, figures for an undetermined date, accessed March 24, 2007.
- ^ Robert Hiram Henry (1922). Editors I have known since the civil war. p. 413. http://books.google.com/books?id=PFEOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA413. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ "The Meridian Star: About Us". Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
External links
Categories:- Daily newspapers published by Community Newspaper Holdings
- Newspapers published in Mississippi
- Lauderdale County, Mississippi
- Meridian, Mississippi
- Southern United States newspaper stubs
- Mississippi stubs
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