The Meridian Star

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The Meridian Star

Meridian Star Headquarters
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet

Owner Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Publisher Crystal Dupre
Editor Fredie Carmichael
Founded 1898, as The Evening Star
Price USD .50 daily
Headquarters 814 22nd Avenue
Meridian, Mississippi 39302
Flag of the United States United States
Circulation 16,188 daily[1]

Website: www.meridianstar.com

The Meridian Star is a daily newspaper published each morning in Meridian, Mississippi, USA, covering Lauderdale County and adjoining portions of West Alabama and East Mississippi. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holding, Inc.

Founded as The Evening Star in 1898, 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.[2]

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  1. ^ CNHI-CAN Circulation, figures for an undetermined date, accessed March 24, 2007.
  2. ^ "The Meridian Star: About Us". Retrieved on March 24, 2007.

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