StartRibune:美國明星論壇報新聞網是一個提供可靠的新聞報道、廣泛的消費者資訊和獨立編輯評論的報紙。明星論壇報通過分享觀點、促進人們之間的聯絡和為發生的重大事件提供當地的語境，激發了人們對與社群和讀者生活息息相關的事件的思考和討論。
明星論壇報一直擁有良好的聲譽。明星論壇報及其網站在社群人民心中佔有一席之地，因為它們不遺餘力地為人民公共事業服務，還完成了《美國憲法》賦予的第一修正案的修正職責。其完成的對《美國憲法》的修正案是實現國民基本自由權利的基礎，使人民不受政府的限制，擁有絕對的言論自由。
明星論壇報於2006年被McClatchy公司以5.3億美元出售給私人股權企業Avista Capital Partners公司。McClatchy表示，在經過對投資組合進行戰略再評估後，決定通過非公開投標程式把《明星論壇報》出售給Avista Capital Partners公司。McClatchy2006年初剛以45億美元收購Knight Ridder。
Star Tribune has its roots in three newspapers whose history is interwoven with the history of Minnesota: the Minneapolis Tribune, the Star and the Minneapolis Journal. During its 140-plus-year history, the Star Tribune has had seven owners: King, Washburn and Morrison, W. J. Murphy, John Thompson, the Cowles family, The McClatchy Company, Avista Capital Partners, and the current group of approximately 40 banks and financial institutions.
The Minneapolis Tribune, the oldest of the three newspapers that eventually became the Star Tribune, was founded in 1867. At that time, Minneapolis was home to only about 7,000 people and just half the size of St. Paul. It didn’t have a fire department, a sewage system, or even a city water supply.
The Cowles family of Des Moines, Iowa, entered the Minneapolis newspaper market with the purchase of the smallest of the city’s three papers, the Star, in 1935 from owner and publisher John Thompson for $1 million dollars who retired in 1949 as publisher emeritus. Their arrival marked the beginning of an era of growth and transformation that lasted more than six decades, and their leadership set the stage for today’s successful Star Tribune. Many of their values – especially the concepts of presenting the news impartially, taking strong editorial stands in the opinion pages and offering space for those with differing opinions to express their views – still guide the newspaper.
The Cowles family purchased the Minneapolis Journal a few years after the Star, and the papers were consolidated, renamed the Star-Journal, and operated as an evening and Sunday publication. In 1941, they purchased the Tribune, which was a morning paper, and continued to publish the Star-Journal in the afternoon. On Sunday, they published one edition under the Tribune name. In 1947, the Star-Journal name was simplified to the Minneapolis Star.
The evening Minneapolis Star and the morning Minneapolis Tribune were combined in 1982 to make one daily morning newspaper – the Minneapolis Star and Tribune. In 1987, the Minneapolis Star and Tribune became the Star Tribune, Newspaper of the Twin Cities, a designation that reflected the newspaper’s growing presence across the metro area. That same year, Star Tribune built Heritage Center, a high-technology production facility. Today, Heritage Center is a nationally recognized leader in quality, efficiency, and environmental responsibility.
In 1998, Cowles Media sold Star Tribune to The McClatchy Company, and in 2007, McClatchy sold Star Tribune to Avista Capital Partners. In 2009, Star Tribune emerged from bankruptcy as a privately held company and became Star Tribune Media Company LLC.
Star Tribune launched StarTribune.com in 1996. This electronic news and information service is now the leading news and information service in the Twin Cities.
Beginning in 2003, Star Tribune launched a series of suburban sections focused on specific geographic regions. The sections center on community news including schools, sports, road construction, crime, local government, and community development.
In addition to the newspaper and website, Star Tribune produces numerous niche products both in print and online.
