Two Papers Named ‘Star’ Will Duel in D.C. to Win Readers From The Washington Post

First, The Star was born. Now, The Washington Star is reborn. Both are hoping to win readers ceded by recent layoffs at The Washington Post.

An old-fashioned newspaper war is brewing in the nation’s capital.

The Washington Star, a newspaper that stopped printing more than 40 years ago, has started publishing again under the ownership of Dovid Efune, a media executive and publisher of The New York Sun.

It comes just weeks after the politics site NOTUS announced it would rebrand as The Star and expand its mission to cover local news and sports in Washington.