| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Oahu Publications Inc. (Subsidiary of Black Press Ltd.)[1] |
| Publisher | Dennis Francis[2] |
| Editor | Frank Bridgewater[2] |
| News editor | Stephanie Kendrick[1] |
| Managing editor, design | Mike Rovner[2] |
| Opinion editor | Lucy Young-Oda[2] |
| Sports editor | Paul Arnett[1] |
| Photo editor | George F. Lee[1] |
| Founded | June 7, 2010 (Merger between The Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin) |
| Headquarters | Restaurant Row, 7 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 210 500 Ala Moana, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. United States [1] |
| Circulation | 135,000 daily 150,000 Sunday[1] |
| Official website | staradvertiser.com |
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser, based in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Hawaiʻi. Formed from the merger of The Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin following the acquisition of the former by Black Press, owner of the latter, the newspaper published its first issue on June 7, 2010.
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On February 25, 2010, Black Press, which owned the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, purchased The Honolulu Advertiser, then owned by Gannett Corporation. As part of the deal to acquire the Advertiser, Black Press agreed to place the Star-Bulletin on the selling block. If no buyer came forward by March 29, 2010, Black Press would start making preparations to operate both papers through a transitional management team and then combine the two dailies into one.
On March 30, 2010, three parties came forward with offers to buy the Star-Bulletin, but a month later on April 27, 2010, the bids were rejected because their bids for the Star-Bulletin was below the minimum liquidation price. Black Press canceled the sale as a result and proceeded with transition plans, which came on the same day that they were approved to take over the Advertiser by the Department of Justice.[3][4] On May 3, 2010, a new company setup by Black Press, HA Management, took over the operations of the paper while Black Press continued overseeing the Star-Bulletin during a 30-60 day transition period, in which both papers merged into one daily, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
Both the Advertiser and the Star-Bulletin published their final editions as separate publications on June 6, 2010,[5] and Black Press officially launched the Honolulu Star-Advertiser as a broadsheet morning daily on June 7, 2010.
Prior to the merger, the Advertiser published in broadsheet format while the Star-Bulletin published in tabloid format. The Star-Advertiser uses the Advertiser's broadsheet format, while using a modified Star-Bulletin masthead (with the name "Advertiser" replacing "Bulletin" in the masthead's blackletter font).
The newsroom for the combined paper is out of the former Star-Bulletin offices in Restaurant Row, with the paper printed from the Advertiser's former facilities in Kapolei. Approximately 453 jobs were eliminated in the consolidation, leaving a combined staff of 474.
The television series Hawaii Five-O, which ran from 1968 to 1980, featured a newspaper called the "Star-Advertiser" in several episodes, alongside the Advertiser and Star-Bulletin, both of which were regularly used as props. It is unclear whether the show's producers intended for their Star-Advertiser to be a third major Honolulu newspaper or whether it was a shorthand for the single Sunday edition produced by both newspapers under a joint operating agreement at the time.[6]
In the new Hawaii Five-0, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser was featured in a brief moment in Episode 9 (Po'ipu). The series is also a prominent feature on the newspaper's website, which details the behind-the-scenes information with the cast and crew.
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