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{{Short description|Newspaper in Illinois, United States}}
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{{Infobox
| name = Rockford Register Star
| image = RockfordRegisterStar.JPG
| image_size = 175px
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| caption = The front page of the Register Star on October 27, 2005
| owners = [[Gannett]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1855|02|15}}, as ''Register Republic'' <br>{{start date and age|1888|03|20}}, as ''Morning Star''<br> {{start date and age|1979|}} (as Rockford Register Star)
| circulation = 18,356 Daily<br />24,434 Sunday
| circulation_date = 2018
| headquarters = 99 East State Street, [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]] ▼
| circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=2018 Legacy NEWM Annual Reports |url=https://s202.q4cdn.com/162862548/files/doc_financials/2018/ar/2018-NEWM-Annual-Report.pdf |website=investors.gannett.com}}</ref>
| website = [http://www.rrstar.com/ www.rrstar.com] ▼
▲| headquarters = 99 East State Street, [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]
| oclc = 5004029 ▼
| }}▼
The '''''Rockford Register Star''''' is the primary [[Newspaper|daily newspaper]] of the [[Rockford, Illinois]] [[Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois|metropolitan area]]. The fifth-highest circulation [[List of newspapers in Illinois|newspaper in Illinois]], the Register Star takes its name from the 1979 merger of two predecessors, the ''Register Republic'' (founded {{start date|1855|02|15}}, daily since {{start date|1873|01|06}}) and the ''Morning Star'' (founded {{start date|1888|03|20}}). The Register Star is currently owned by [[Gannett]], which reacquired the paper upon merging with [[GateHouse Media]] in 2019. Gannett had previously owned the paper and its predecessors from 1967 to 2007.▼
▲The '''''Rockford Register Star''''' is the primary [[Newspaper|daily newspaper]] of the [[Rockford, Illinois]], [[Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois|metropolitan area]]. The fifth-highest circulation [[List of newspapers in Illinois|newspaper in Illinois]], the Register Star takes its name from the 1979 merger of two predecessors, the ''Register Republic'' (founded {{start date|1855|02|15}}, daily since {{start date|1873|01|06}}) and the ''Morning Star'' (founded {{start date|1888|03|20}}). The Register Star is currently owned by [[Gannett]], which reacquired the paper upon merging with [[GateHouse Media]] in 2019. Gannett had previously owned the paper and its predecessors from 1967 to 2007.
== Headquarters ==
The newspaper is published from the Register Star Tower at 99 East State Street in Downtown Rockford, [[Illinois]]. Printing operations moved to West Milwaukee in April 2020 at the Gannett owned Milwaukee Journal Sentinel printing press. On March 14,
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In 2003, the newspaper formed an alliance with [[WREX-TV]]. Newspaper reporters are seen on WREX-TV's newscasts on a daily basis promoting stories found in the ''Rockford Register Star'', and the newspaper's website contains many videos of WREX's telecasted stories.
In January 2024, the paper announced it was switching from carrier to mail delivery via the U.S. Postal Service.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 24, 2024 |title=Rockford Register Star transitioning to postal delivery |url=https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2024/01/24/rockford-register-star-transitioning-to-postal-delivery/72327285007/ |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Rockford Register Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
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