The Star is an English-language newspaper in Malaysia.It is the largest paid English newspaper in terms of circulation in Malaysia, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. It has a daily circulation of about 250,000 (as of January 2017), far eclipsing the circulation of its next-largest paid English-language competitor, the New Straits Times (which has a circulation of approximately 65,000).
The daily newspaper was first published on 9 September 1971
as a regional newspaper based in Penang. The STAR went into national
circulation on 3 January 1976 when it set up its new office in Kuala Lumpur. In
1978, the newspaper headquarters was relocated to Kuala Lumpur. The Star
continues to expand its wings over the years. In 1981, it moved its
headquarters from Kuala Lumpur to Petaling Jaya which is also its current
premise to accommodate a growing number of staff and technology devices.
In 1987, The Star was one of the newspapers whose
publication licences were withdrawn in Operation Lalang. It resumed publication
five months later in March 1988, but after its return, The Star lost its
previous 'liberal flavour'
It was the first Malaysian paper to offer an online edition.
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