The Meridian Star

The Meridian Star is a newspaper published in Meridian, Mississippi. Formerly a daily newspaper, it switched to a triweekly format in 2020, publishing on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings. The paper covers Lauderdale County and adjoining portions of western Alabama and eastern Mississippi. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holding, Inc.[1]

The Meridian Star
Meridian Star Headquarters
TypeTriweekly (formerly a daily newspaper)[1]
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
PublisherBill Atkinson
EditorDavid Bohrer
Founded1898, as The Evening Star
Headquarters814 22nd Avenue
Meridian, Mississippi 39302
 United States
Circulation16,188 daily[2]
Websitewww.meridianstar.com

Founded as The Evening Star in 1898 by Charles Pinckney Dement and his son James Washington Dement,[3][4] the paper was published each afternoon until early 2005, when morning delivery was implemented. The paper was renamed The Meridian Star in 1915 and has been Meridian's only daily newspaper since 1921.[5]

Jack Wardlaw, the Baton Rouge bureau chief of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, began his journalism career at The Star in 1959 as a city hall reporter.[6]

According to the masthead, the price for a single copy is $1.50 for all print editions.[7]

References
  1. Atkinson, Bill (31 March 2020). "Letter to readers and advertisers: The Meridian Star changing to 3 days per week in print". Meridian Star. Meridian, Mississippi. Retrieved 30 April 2020. Effective April 7, we will reduce publishing and delivering the printed newspaper to three days a week (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) instead of five days (Tuesday through Friday and Sunday.)
  2. CNHI-CAN Circulation Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, figures for an undetermined date, accessed March 24, 2007.
  3. Robert Hiram Henry (1922). Editors I have known since the civil war. p. 413. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  4. Jody Cook (February 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dement Printing Company" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)"Accompanying 1 photo, from 1979" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places Inventory.
  5. "The Meridian Star: About Us" Archived 2010-07-12 at the Library of Congress Web Archives. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
  6. "Ed Anderson, "Former Times-Picayune political reporter, capital bureau chief Jack Wardlaw dies," January 6, 2012". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  7. "Masthead". Meridian Star. Meridian, Mississippi. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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