On June 23, 1948,
The New York Times announced the first appearance that day of the
New York Star as successor to the
PM newspaper. In particular, the
Star stressed differences from its predecessor. The
Star would be "as independent of the tyranny of slogans and colors as it is of vested interests." In defining its independence, the paper stated it would be neither "red, white, pink, right, left, or center" because such terms had been over-used, "squeezed like lemon rinds". The paper looked forward to continued policies of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and
Wendell Willkie. Most strongly, the newspaper said it would stop the "
PM technique of combining editorial comment with news stories." Instead, the
New York Star would "report the news as honestly and well as skill can manage." and 1949. The newspaper ceased publication in January, 1949; media critic A. J. Liebling, in the February 12, 1949, edition of
The New Yorker, discussed the closing of the newspaper in a column entitled "Toward a One-Paper Town". Some sources cite a final publication date of Friday, January 28, 1949 (see, e.g., Mary A. Hamilton's book
Rising from the Wilderness: J. W. Gitt and His Legendary Newspaper, page 153).
The Daily Compass took over from the
Star, with contributor
Ted Thackrey as editor and writer
I. F. Stone its best known writer. ==Personnel==