Windsor Star

In 1888, Archibald McNee purchased The Windsor Record, a weekly paper which he turned into a daily in 1890. W.F. Herman and Hugh Graybiel purchased The Windsor Record in 1918 and renamed the paper as the Border Cities Star. Its first issue hit the streets on September 3, 1918. It was 16 pages and sold for two cents. The paper expanded into its current downtown building at Ferry and Pitt streets in 1927. The paper was renamed The Windsor Star in 1959.

The Windsor Star is the only daily newspaper in Windsor and Essex County.

The Star publishes six days a week, Monday through Saturday. On November 25, 1996, The Windsor Star began publishing from its Star Way printing facility, using Canada's first Keyless Analox Offset press. The move ended 78 years of printing from The Star's downtown location at Ferry and Pitt streets. Editorial, Reader Sales, Advertising and Business offices remain downtown. The press at the new printing facility was built by Koenig and Bauer-Albert, of Germany. It is capable of printing 70,000 pph (straight run) and 35,000 pph (collect run). It can print up to 112 pages, with 32 pages of process colour. The Star employs a total of 13 full-time press operators.

The Star's newsprint is 25-30 per cent recycled content. The plant is one of the "greenest" in Canada.