Windsor Star

Windsor Star
Type regional newspaper - Monday to Saturday
Format Broadsheet
Owner Postmedia Network
Editor Marty Beneteau
Founded 1888
Headquarters 167 Ferry Street, Windsor, Ontario
Official website Windsor Star

The Windsor Star is the regional newspaper of Windsor, Ontario (currently the only mainstream newspaper in Windsor and Essex County), and is owned by the Postmedia Network Inc. Since 1923, the publication's main office is located at 167 Ferry Street in the downtown area. In November 1996, it opened a printing facility in south-central Windsor.[1]

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History

It began as the weekly Windsor Record in 1888, changing its name to the Border Cities Star in 1918 when it was bought by W. F. Herman, to the Windsor Daily Star in 1935 following the amalgamation of several small communities, and finally to the Windsor Star in 1959. Although W. F. Herman died in 1938, the paper continued under the direction of his wife, Adie Knox Herman, along with Hugh Graybiel and W. L. (Lum) Clark.[1] The paper was sold to Southam Press in 1971 and then to CanWest Global (who bought Southam Press) in 2000.[2]

The Windsor Star publishes six days a week, Monday through Saturday.

Current Notable Staff

Marty Gervais - column writer of My Town for the Windsor Star. Also well published poet, playwright, and essayist.[3]

Bob Duff - Longtime Windsor Area Sportswriter

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". WindsorStar.com. http://www.windsorstar.com/about-windsor-star/aboutus.html. Retrieved 2011-04-15. 
  2. ^ "Windsor Star". MondoTimes.com. http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/ca/61/3123/7816. Retrieved 2011-04-15. 
  3. ^ "Marty Gervais, Writer". web.mac.com/Martygervais. http://web.mac.com/martygervaisis/Site/Marty_Gervais,_Writer.html. Retrieved 2011-04-15. 

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