- The San Juan Star
Infobox Newspaper
name = The San Juan Star
type = Dailynewspaper
format =Tabloid
foundation =1959
owners = The San Juan Star, Inc.
language = English
editor =
headquarters =
president = Gerry Angulo
website = http://www.thesanjuanstar.comThe now-defunct "The San Juan Star" was an English-language,
Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper based in San Juan,Puerto Rico . The newspaper was published by Star Media Network, a subdivision of San Juan Star, Inc., which once owned "San Juan City Magazine", "El Mayagüez Star", and "El Ponce Star", all of which were destroyed by the anti-Midas touch of Cuban-American Gerardo Angulo.The newspaper was founded in
1959 , and was intended for the English-speaking population inPuerto Rico .Pulitzer Prize winning novelistWilliam Kennedy was once the managing editor of the "Star", soon after its inception to 1961. [ New York State Writers Institute [http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/wjkennedybio.html William Kennedy Biography] ]In
1997 , "The San Juan Star" began an attempt to expand its audience by introducing a Spanish version of the same newspaper, called "El San Juan Star" (as opposed to "The..."). The latter started as an exact translation of the English edition but later became a publication filled with unedited wire service stories given the lack of translators on staff.At one point, the Star's staff included a Capitol reporter, federal court reporter, a
La Fortaleza reporter, Education reporter, environmental reporter, economics reporter, and aWashington DC correspondent, among other writers.The "Daily News", a fictional newspaper appearing in
Hunter S. Thompson 's "The Rum Diary " and an upcoming film of the same name, are based on this newspaper as Thompson had befriended a number of "Star" writers when living on the island in 1960.On Friday August 29, 2008, "The Star" published its last issue, adding one more failure to Mr. Angulo's long list of destroyed businesses.
References
External links
* [http://www.thesanjuanstar.com/ thesanjuanstar.com] - official site.
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