The Washington Star

daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C. between 1852 and 1981
Organization daily_newspaper Q3489540
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The Washington Star

Summary

The Washington Star is a daily newspaper[1]. It draws 111 Wikipedia views per month (daily_newspaper category, ranking #102 of 873).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Washington Star is in the country of United States[3].
  • The Washington Star's image is recorded as Evening Star Building.jpg[4].
  • The Washington Star's instance of is recorded as daily newspaper[5].
  • The Washington Star's instance of is recorded as newspaper[6].
  • The Washington Star's editor is recorded as Jim Bellows[7].
  • The Washington Star's owned by is recorded as William Douglas Wallach[8].
  • The Washington Star's owned by is recorded as Crosby Stuart Noyes[9].
  • The Washington Star's owned by is recorded as Samuel H. Kauffmann[10].
  • The Washington Star's owned by is recorded as Joe Allbritton[11].
  • The Washington Star's owned by is recorded as Time Inc.[12].
  • The Washington Star's logo image is recorded as Washington Star logo.png[13].
  • The Washington Star's headquarters location is recorded as Pennsylvania Avenue[14].
  • The Washington Star's ISSN is recorded as 0191-1406[15].
  • The Washington Star's OCLC number is recorded as 4798911[16].
  • The Washington Star's place of publication is recorded as Washington, D.C.[17].
  • The Washington Star's child organization or unit is recorded as Washington Star Syndicate[18].
  • The Washington Star's Commons category is recorded as The Washington Star[19].
  • The Washington Star's language of work or name is recorded as English[20].
  • The Washington Star's industry is recorded as print syndication[21].
  • The Washington Star's said to be the same as is recorded as Evening Star[22].
  • The Washington Star's country of origin is recorded as United States[23].
  • +1852-12-16T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Washington Star[24].
  • The Washington Star was dissolved in +1981-08-07T00:00:00Z[25].
  • The Washington Star's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03vld5[26].
  • The Washington Star's Library of Congress item ID is recorded as sn79002331[27].

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Founding

+1852-12-16T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Washington Star[24].

Operations

The Washington Star's headquarters location is recorded as Pennsylvania Avenue[14]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Washington Star Syndicate[18].

Industry

The Washington Star's industry is recorded as print syndication[21].

Ownership

Owners include William Douglas Wallach[8], a journalist[28], 1812–1871[29]; Crosby Stuart Noyes[9], a publisher[30], 1825–1908[31], of United States[32]; Samuel H. Kauffmann[10], a publisher[33], 1829–1906[34], of United States[35]; Joe Allbritton[11], a lawyer[36], 1924–2012[37], of United States[38]; and Time Inc.[12], a business[39], in United States[40], founded in 1922[41], headquartered in New York City[42].

Dissolution

The Washington Star was dissolved in +1981-08-07T00:00:00Z[25].

Why It Matters

The Washington Star draws 111 Wikipedia views per month (daily_newspaper category, ranking #102 of 873).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

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  24. [26] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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