Daily Star Sunday
Type | Circulation 73,103 (as of January 2024)[1] | |
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Website | dailystar |
The Daily Star Sunday is a weekly
The Daily Star Sunday is published by
The current editor is Denis Mann, who replaced Stuart James after Reach plc took control of the title in 2018.
Regular features
The newspaper features a picture of a glamorous woman on Page 3. It is always nudity-free.
Other regular features in the Daily Star Sunday include Bushell On The Box, a TV column by Garry Bushell, a film column by Andy Lea and Ed Gleave's Hot TV column. Football, racing and rugby league make up the bulk of the sports pages, with the weekend's football action covered in depth in the Result pullout. In addition, the Irish edition covers Gaelic Games and the domestic soccer scene.
The newspaper features a large amount of showbiz coverage, including many reality TV and soap stories. There is also weekly coverage of troops, crime and consumer stories.
It celebrated its tenth anniversary in late 2012.
Controversy
Madeleine McCann
Both the Daily Star Sunday and its daily equivalent, as well as its stablemates the
Editors
- Hugh Whittow (2002–03)
- Gareth Morgan (2003–2013)
- Peter Carbery (2013–15)
- Stuart James (2015–18)
- Denis Mann (2018–present)
Political allegiance
Like its sister paper the Daily Star, the Daily Star Sunday carries fewer political stories than its rivals, and it has never openly supported one political party. However its political stance has been seen to be more centre-ground than the right-of-centre Daily Star, and when the daily paper was accused of supporting the far-right English Defence League, the Sunday version pointedly spoke out against the group.[5]
References
- ^ "Daily Star - Sunday". Audit Bureau of Circulations. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Daily Star and the EDL the plot thickens". Minority Thought. 13 February 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Damages due over McCann stories". BBC News. 18 March 2008.
- ^ "Kate & Gerry McCann: Sorry". Daily Star. 19 March 2008.
- ^ "Daily Star and the EDL the plot thickens". Minority Thought. 13 February 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.