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{{Short description|Puerto Rican newspaper}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The San Juan Daily Star
| image = File:Logo of The San Juan Star.jpeg
| image_size = 120px
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
| foundation = 1959
| relaunched = 2009
| owners = Ricardo Angulo
| language = English
| editor =
| headquarters =
| president = Ricardo Angulo
| website = {{URL|sanjuandailystar.com}}
}}
'''''The San Juan Daily Star''''', originally '''''The San Juan Star''''', is the only English and Spanish newspaper in [[Puerto Rico]]. The [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning newspaper was published by Star Media Network, a subdivision of San Juan Star, Inc.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Erwin |first=Ray |date=May 6, 1961 |title=Amarillo Globe-Times Wins Public Service Pulitzer |language=English |work=[[Editor and Publisher]] |publisher=Duncan McIntosh |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1961-05-06_94 |access-date=2021-02-20}}</ref>
==History==
===San Juan Star===
The newspaper was founded in 1959 by [[William J. Dorvillier]], and was intended for the English-speaking population in [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/06/obituaries/w-j-dorvillier-85-founded-newspaper-and-won-a-pulitzer.html |title= W. J. Dorvillier, 85; Founded Newspaper And Won a Pulitzer |date= May 6, 1993 |work=New York Times }}</ref> [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning novelist [[William Kennedy (author)|William Kennedy]] was once the managing editor of the ''Star'', soon after its inception to 1961.<ref>New York State Writers Institute [http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/wjkennedybio.html William Kennedy Biography]</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://archives.cjr.org/behind_the_news/william_kennedy_albany_journal.php |title=Always an ink-stained wretch: William Kennedy on his life as a journalist |author=William Kennedy |work=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] |location=New York |date=November 26, 2013 }}</ref> Other contributors included [[Eddie López (journalist)|Eddie López]]<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/28/archives/eddie-lopez-humorist-is-dead-columnist-for-the-san-juan-star.html |title= Eddie Lopez, Humorist, Is Dead; Columnist for The San Juan Star |date=November 28, 1971 |work=New York Times }}</ref> and [[Juan Manuel García Passalacqua]]. Scott Ware served as managing editor from 1991 to 1992, then editor until 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sun Editor Scott Ware to Retire at Year's End|url=http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local/sun-editor-scott-ware-to-retire-at-years-end-ep-421671825-358462501.html|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.kitsapsun.com|language=en}}</ref> The paper was sold in 1996 from then owner Scripps-Howard to Gerardo Angulo, a prominent Cuban businessman and venture capitalist who had formerly worked with money manager [[Ivan Boesky]].<ref name="forbes">{{cite journal|date=3 May 1999|title=Warning Flags|journal=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/0503/6309142a_print.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040215142811/http://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/0503/6309142a_print.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2004|accessdate=21 January 2010}}</ref>
The paper was shut down in August 2008, in what its staff contended was a [[union busting]] operation.<ref name="shut">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/la-plaza/story/2008-08-31/san-juan-star-stops-the-presses |title=San Juan Star stops the presses |last=Johnson |first=Reed |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=31 August 2008 |accessdate=21 November 2024}}</ref>
===Relaunch===
In 2009, ''The San Juan Star'' relaunched, renamed ''The San Juan Daily Star,''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sanjuanweeklypr.com/about-us.html|title=The San Juan Daily Star|website=www.sanjuanweeklypr.com}}</ref> having increased to daily publication: Monday through Thursday with an additional weekend edition. On October 23, 2015, Gerardo Angulo died in an automobile accident during a business trip to the Dominican Republic. The newspaper continues to operate under the ownership of the Angulo family.<ref>{{cite web | title=Gerardo Angulo Mestas '78 | website=Princeton Alumni Weekly | date=November 18, 2016 | url=https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/gerardo-angulo-mestas-78 | access-date=April 23, 2022}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of newspapers in Puerto Rico]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/ Official site]
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