The Seattle Star was a daily newspaper that ran from February 25, 1899,[1] to August 13, 1947.

[citation needed] The company, which eventually became Scripps League Newspapers, Inc., owned the paper until 1942, when it was sold to a group of local Seattle businessmen including Howard Parrish, its publisher.

Soon after the sale, it reverted to its previous broadsheet format after having been a tabloid for a short time.

[3][4] After World War II, all of its assets minus the building and machinery were sold to The Seattle Times for $360,000 in 1947.

Management said the sale was needed because of the rising labor costs and the newsprint shortage.