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Paradise of the Pacific was a periodical promoting Hawaiian tourism and investment.

Publication History:Paradise of the Pacific began in 1888 when King Kalakaua granted a Royal Charter with the intent of promoting Hawai’i to the world.

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin was a daily newspaper based in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin traces its roots to the February 1, 1882 founding of the Evening Bulletin by J. W. Robertson and Company. In 1912, it merged with the Hawaiian Star to become the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, becoming Hawai’i’s second largest daily newspaper.

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, along with a sister publication called MidWeek, was owned by Black Press of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and administered by a council of local Hawaii investors. The daily merged with the Advertiser on June 7, 2010, to form the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, after Black Press’s attempts to find a buyer fell through.

Businessman and son of Congregational missionaries, Henry M. Whitney, founded the Pacific Commercial Advertiser in 1856, a weekly newspaper that was circulated primarily in the whaling port of Honolulu. The Honolulu Advertiser was a daily newspaper published in Honolulu, Hawaii.  When publication ceased on June 6, 2010, it was the largest daily newspaper in Hawaii, published daily with special Sunday and Internet editions.