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Politics News Site NOTUS to Become ‘The Star’

NYT > Business > Media · Katie Robertson · last updated

The Washington publication is rebranding as it expands its local news and sports coverage in the wake of substantial layoffs at The Washington Post.

“The Star” is born.

NOTUS, a Washington political news website with ambitious plans to fill a void it says was left by deep cuts at The Washington Post, will be renamed The Star and relaunch in the first week of June, the editor in chief, Tim Grieve, said on Thursday.

NOTUS started in 2023 as a publication tied to the Allbritton Journalism Institute, a nonprofit that trains young political journalists. Its name stands for News of the United States, a play on the nickname for the President of the United States. It was created with a $20 million grant from Robert Allbritton, the billionaire co-founder of Politico.

In February, The Post abruptly laid off more than 300 of its 800 journalists, sharply reduced its metro section and shut down its local sports coverage. After those moves, the leaders of NOTUS decided to accelerate their expansion plans in Washington.

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