Home › Entities › newspaper › Journal Star

Journal Star

main newspaper in Peoria, Illinois
Organization newspaper Q6294681
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Journal Star

Summary

Journal Star is a newspaper[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Journal Star is located in Peoria[3].
  • Journal Star is in the country of United States[4].
  • Journal Star's instance of is recorded as newspaper[5].
  • Journal Star is owned by GateHouse Media[6].
  • Journal Star's place of publication is recorded as Peoria[7].
  • Journal Star's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • 1954 marks the founding of Journal Star[9].
  • Journal Star's official website is recorded as https://www.pjstar.com/[10].
  • Journal Star's described by source is recorded as The Expanding News Desert[11].
  • Journal Star's title is recorded as {'lang': 'und', 'text': 'Journal Star'}[12].
  • Journal Star's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Peoria Journal Star'}[13].
  • Journal Star's newspaper format is recorded as broadsheet[14].
  • Journal Star's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+37207'}[15].
  • Journal Star's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+37386'}[16].
  • Journal Star's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+38281'}[17].

Body

Founding

1954 marks the founding of Journal Star[9].

Ownership

Journal Star is owned by GateHouse Media[6].

Why It Matters

Journal Star ranks in the top 3% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

newspaper United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . usnewsdeserts.com. Retrieved . usnewsdeserts.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Journal Star. Retrieved April 9, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/journal-star
MLA “Journal Star.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 9 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/journal-star.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_journal-star_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Journal Star}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/journal-star}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-09}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Journal Star — https://4ort.xyz/entity/journal-star (retrieved 2026-04-09)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/journal-star · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Crunchbase organization id → journal-star
    Inception → +1954-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Freebase id → /m/0850y2
    Freebase id → —
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6136]]: IL_JS, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/62503451|Journal Star (#62503451)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1979|Newseum newspaper front"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.