Andalusia Star News

Andalusia Star-News
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Boone Newspapers
PublisherMichele Cox Gerlach
Founded1948 (1948)
HeadquartersAndalusia, Alabama
Circulation3,372
ISSN0746-2115
OCLC number9865133
Websiteandalusiastarnews.com

The Andalusia Star-News was formed in 1948 out of the merger of the Andalusia Star and the Covington News, both of Andalusia, Alabama.[1] It has a circulation of 3,372 and is owned by Boone Newspapers, Inc.[2]

In 1972, it was sold to Tuscaloosa Newspapers by Ed Dannelly and Byron Vickery, who had operated it since 1948.[3] Tuscaloosa Newspapers would later become Boone Newspapers, Inc.[4]

References

  1. ^ "About the Andalusia Star-News". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  2. ^ "Andalusia Star-News". Mondo Times.
  3. ^ "Andalusia Star Reported Sold". Pensacola News Journal. 1 September 1972.
  4. ^ "The History of BNI". Boone Newspapers.


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