The Kansas City Star
American daily newspaper serving Kansas City, Missouri / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 1965 Roger Miller single, see Kansas City Star (song).
The Kansas City Star is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri. Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes.
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | McClatchy |
Publisher | Tony Berg |
Editor | Mike Fannin |
Founded | 1880; 144 years ago (1880) |
Headquarters | 1601 McGee Kansas City, MO 64108 USA 39°5′34″N 94°34′51″W |
Circulation | 89,175 Daily 109,438 Sunday (as of 2020).[1] |
ISSN | 0745-1067 |
OCLC number | 3555868 |
Website | kansascity |
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The Star is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and as the newspaper where a young Ernest Hemingway honed his writing style.[2] The paper is the major newspaper of the Kansas City metropolitan area and has widespread circulation in western Missouri and eastern Kansas.