| The Star | |
| Type: | Daily |
| Owners: | --> |
| Founder: | T. P. O'Connor |
| Launched: | 1888 |
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| Language: | English |
| Ceased Publication: | 1960 |
| Headquarters: | London, England |
| Publishing Country: | England |
| Publishing City: | London |
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]
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
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] [4]