The News-Star
| Type | Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | USA Today Co. |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Monroe, Louisiana, United States |
| Website | thenewsstar |
The News-Star is a newspaper in Monroe, Louisiana. It is part of the USA Today Network and is owned by USA Today Co.[1][2]
History
The newspaper was founded in 1890 as The Evening News. In 1909, The Evening News merged with the Daily Star to form The Monroe News-Star.[3]
Robert Ewing, publisher of The New Orleans States and The Shreveport Times, founded The Monroe Morning World in 1929 and acquired The News-Star the next year.[3] Ewing had purchased The Shreveport Times in 1908 and bought the Monroe papers in the late 1920s.[4]
The Monroe papers remained with the Ewing family until Gannett acquired them on June 16, 1977.[3] The Morning World and The News-Star were consolidated on August 4, 1980, as The News-Star-World. The name was changed again, and the first edition of The News-Star under that title was published on May 22, 1988.[3]
Publication history and archives
The newspaper's predecessor and related titles include Monroe Daily Star, published from 1897 to 1909; Monroe News-Star, published from 1909 to 1979; Monroe Morning World, published from 1929 to 1978; Morning World, published from 1978 to 1980; News-Star, published from 1979 to 1980; News-Star-World, published from 1980 to 1988; and News-Star, published from 1988 onward.[5]
Runs of the Monroe titles are held in newspaper databases and on microfilm. The Ouachita Parish Public Library lists access to Daily Telegraph, Monroe Morning World, Monroe News-Star, Register and Weekly News-Star through its newspaper database resources.[6] Louisiana State University lists microfilm holdings for Monroe Morning World, Morning World, News-Star-World and The News-Star.[7]
Ownership
Gannett acquired the Monroe papers from the Ewing family in 1977.[3] Gannett changed its corporate name to USA Today Co. on November 18, 2025.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Contact Us". The News-Star Help Center. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
- 1 2 "Gannett Changes Name to USA TODAY Co" (Press release). Business Wire. November 18, 2025. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "About The News-Star". The News-Star. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
- ↑ "Dictionary of Louisiana Biography – E". Louisiana Historical Association. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
- ↑ "Monroe Genealogy (in Ouachita Parish, LA)". LDS Genealogy. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
- ↑ "Databases". Ouachita Parish Public Library. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
- ↑ "Louisiana Newspapers on Microfilm". LSU Libraries Research Guides. Retrieved June 8, 2026.