The Star (1788) Explained
| The Star |
| Type: | Daily |
| Owners: | --> |
| Founder: | John Murray
William Lane |
| Launched: | 1788 |
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| Language: | English |
| Ceased Publication: | 1831 |
| Headquarters: | London, England |
| Publishing Country: | England |
| Publishing City: | London |
The Star was a London evening newspaper founded on 3 May 1788, originally under the title Star and Evening Advertiser, and was the first daily evening newspaper in the world.[1] The paper ceased publication in 1831, when it was merged into The Albion.[2] Founding sponsors of the new paper included publisher John Murray and William Lane of the Minerva Press.[3]
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Notes and References
- Web site: British Library - Newspapers . Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Eighteenth Century . https://web.archive.org/web/20071115184738/http://www.bl.uk/collections/brit18th.html . 15 November 2007 . dead .
- Web site: Maurice Lindsay . Maurice Lindsay (broadcaster) . Stuart, Peter (fl. 1788-1805) . The Burns Encyclopedia online . 29 July 2022.
- Belanger . Jacqueline . Peter Garside . Anthony Mandal . Sharon Ragaz . British Fiction, 1800–1829: A Database of Production and Reception Phase II Report: Advertisements for Novels in The Star . Cardiff Corvey: Reading the Romantic Text . 4 January 2003 . 23 September 2011 . 1471-5988.
