What is Daily Star?
{{Italic title}} The '''''Daily Star''''' is a [[tabloid]] [[newspaper]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>''Pulling Newspapers Apart: Analysing Print Journalism'', ed. Bob Franklin (London; New York: Routledge, 2008), p. 6</ref> It was first [[published]] on 2 November 1978. In 2011, it made 706,757 copies every day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/table/2011/aug/12/abcs-national-newspapers |title=ABCs: National daily newspaper circulation July 2011 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=12 August 2011 |website=The Guardian |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref> It is quite similar to ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''. It tries to be cheaper so more people buy it than ''The Sun''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/markets/redtop-papers-prepare-for-marketing-war-6477762.html |title=Red-top papers prepare for marketing war |author=Gideon Spanier |date=7 June 2010 |website=London Evening Standard |publisher=London Evening Standard |access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref> Although other newspapers have their favourite [[political party]], the ''Daily Star'' does not. However, it was against [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Gordon Brown]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.supanet.com/business--money/which-political-parties-do-the-newspapers-support--25923p1.html |title=Which political parties do the newspapers support? |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1 October 2009 |website=Supanet |publisher=Supanet |access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref> To attract women and teenage girls the ''Daily Star'' has a [[horoscope]] column.<ref>''Pulling Newspapers Apart: Analysing Print Journalism'', ed. Bob Franklin (London; New York: Routledge, 2008), p. 239</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:1978 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Newspapers published in the United Kingdom]]