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The Star (South Africa)

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The Star
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Independent News and Media SA
PublisherSekunjalo Independent Media
EditorJaphet Mathanda Ncube
Founded6 January 1887; 137 years ago (1887-01-06)
Headquarters47 Pixley Seme Street, Johannesburg
Websitewww.iol.co.za/the-star/

The Star is a daily newspaper based in Gauteng, South Africa that was established in 1887. The paper is distributed mainly in Gauteng and other provinces such as Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, and Free State.

The Star is one of the titles of the South African Independent News & Media group (INL), owned by Sekunjalo Media Consortium whose founder and chairman is Dr. Iqbal Survé. For many years, The Star was owned by the Argus Printing & Publishing Company, controlled by the Anglo American Corporation.[1] The Irish Independent News & Media (INM) bought and renamed the Argus in the early 1990s.[2] Sekujalo acquired INL in 2013.[3]

Content

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The content published in The Star focuses on leading daily national, local and international national news and analysis. Its leader and opinion page offers a platform for thought leaders to contribute their opinions on topical news.

Products

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The Star houses the Business Report newspaper (a financial newspaper in South Africa), as well as a carrier for the following supplements:

Awards

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Newspaper Journalism Awards 2012

  • Hard News: Angelique Serrao "Gauteng toll roads"
  • Feature photographs: Antoine de Ras "The Long Road Home"
  • Hard News: Louise Flanagan "92 million: Zuma's political elite benefit"
  • Enterprise News: Lebogang Seale "Raped by the justice system"
  • Feature Writing: Beauregard Tromp "The weight of water" Jonathan Ancer "Adventures of an AWOL Chequebook" shared with our sister paper Cape Times
  • News photographs: Antoine de Ras "Mogadishu Madness"
  • Feature photographs: Antoine de Ras "The Long Road Home""
  • Sports photographs: Adrian de Kock "Polo Pigeons" Standard Bank 2013 Sikuvile Journalism Awards
  • Rising Star of the Year: Kristen van Schie Vast Number of Entries Standard Bank 2014 Sikuvile Journalism Awards
  • Hard News: Angelique Serrao, Botho Molosankwe, Kristen Van Schie, Lebogang Seale & Kevin Ritchie Deadly Valentine (Series).
  • Enterprise News: Kristen van Schie After the Fall.
  • Popular Journalism: Omphitlhetse Mooki Hell Hath no Fury like a Woman Scorned.
  • Newspaper Journalist of the Year: Antoine de Ras Oscar Pistorius Standard Bank 2015 Sikuvile Journalism Awards
  • Hard News: Botho Molosankwe, Timothy Bernard, Theresa Taylor & Omphitlhetse Mooki "Joburg's Raging Fires - Firefight Scandal"
  • Hard News: Botho Molosankwe "What a Bummer"
  • Graphic Journalism: Sithembile Mtolo "Greening your home"
  • News Photographs: Bongiwe Mchunu "Extinguisher" Standard Bank 2016 Sikuvile Journalism Awards
  • Enterprise News: The Star Women's Team 2016 "The Rise of Women's Power"
  • Graphic Journalism: Lebohang Elvin Nethononda "Soweto Uprising 1976"
  • Presentation: Narianan Nelandri "16 June: 40 Years On"
  • Young Journalist of the Year: Nokuthula Mbatha "Deep in the Devil's Drug" National Arts Festival/BASA Arts Journalism Awards 2016
  • News: Silver Winners Wendyl Martin shared with its sister publication Weekend Argus

Notable stories

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The Bang-Bang Club

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The Star newspaper employed three members of the Bang-Bang Club. It employed Kevin Carter as a staff photographer in 1984. Ken Oosterbroek worked for the paper before being appointed its chief photographer in August 1991. João Silva was hired shortly afterwards.

History

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The Star newspaper appeared for the first time in Johannesburg as The Eastern Star. It was founded in Grahamstown under that title on 6 January 1871 (as a resurrection of the previous Great Eastern paper), and was moved to the Witwatersrand sixteen years later by its owners, brothers Thomas and George Sheffield. In 1889, the name Eastern Star was changed to the one currently in use.[4]

Supplements

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  • Business Report (Monday-Friday)[5]
  • Tonight (Monday-Friday)[5]
  • Workplace (Monday & Wednesday)[5]
  • Motoring (Thursday)[5]
  • Play (monthly)[5]

Distribution areas

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Distribution[5]
2008 2013
Eastern Cape Y
Free State Y Y
Gauteng Y Y
Kwa-Zulu Natal Y
Limpopo Y Y
Mpumalanga Y Y
North West Y Y
Northern Cape Y Y
Western Cape Y

Distribution figures

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Circulation[6]
Paid circulation Total circulation
Apr - Jun 2024 4 647 20 124[7]
Jan - Mar 2024 5 146 18 432[8]
Oct - Dec 2023 8 900 17 834[9]
Jul - Sep 2023 9 137 18 229[10]
Apr - Jun 2023 11 716 24 078[11]
Jan - Mar 2023 12 436 25 596[12]
Jul - Sep 2022 14 139 27 563[13]
Jan - Mar 2022 27 984[14]
Oct - Dec 2021 27 417[15]
Jul - Sep 2021 25 769[16]
Apr - Jun 2021 27 823[17]
Jan - Mar 2020 33 128 57 019[18]
Jan - Mar 2019 72 010[19]
Jan - Mar 2018 75 836[20]
Jan - Mar 2017 84 857[21]
Jan - Mar 2016 86 833[22]
Jan - Mar 2015 91 735[23]
Jan - Mar 2014 101 711[23]
Oct - Dec 2012 102 244
Jul - Sep 2012 105 686
Apr - Jun 2012 117 874
Jan - Mar 2012 124 641

Readership figures

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Estimated Readership[24][25]
AIR
January – December 2012 615 000
July 2011 - June 2012 683 000

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Berger, Guy (1995). "New barons of the press". Index on Censorship. 24 (3): 125–133. doi:10.1080/03064229508535962. S2CID 147174491. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ "African gamble pays dividends". The Irish Times.
  3. ^ "Sekunjalo finalises Independent Media purchase". 21 August 2013.
  4. ^ "SA History Website". Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "The Star Website". Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  6. ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations (S.A)
  7. ^ "ABC Q2 2024: TABC Q2 2024 Newspapers: Dailies and local newspapers buck the general continuing decline".
  8. ^ "ABC Q1 2024: The slow, steady downward trickle continues".
  9. ^ "ABC Q4 2023: Newspapers: Stable with marginal declines".
  10. ^ "https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/15/243904.html". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  11. ^ "ABC Q2 2023 Newspapers: Hybrid model emerging as digital growth continues".
  12. ^ "Newspapers ABC Q1 2023: A quiet, stable quarter".
  13. ^ "Newspapers ABC Q3 2022: Daily and local papers decline but numbers steady".
  14. ^ "Newspapers ABC Q1 2022: Local is lekker but free is king".
  15. ^ "Newspapers ABC Q4 2021: Groundhog day for newspapers".
  16. ^ "Newspapers ABC Q3 2021: Industry fails to show upward momentum".
  17. ^ "Newspapers ABC Q2 2021: Green shoots for newspapers".
  18. ^ "#CircData: ABC Q1 2020 sees more newspaper circ numbers fall •". 26 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Newspapers ABC Q1 2019: Marginal declines".
  20. ^ "ABC Analysis Q1 2018: The biggest-circulating newspapers in SA •". 14 May 2018.
  21. ^ "ABC Analysis Q1 2017: The biggest-circulating newspapers in SA •". 10 May 2017.
  22. ^ "ABC Analysis Q1 2016: The biggest-circulating newspapers in SA •". 10 May 2016.
  23. ^ a b "ABC Analysis Q1 2015: The biggest-circulating newspapers in South Africa •". 8 May 2015.
  24. ^ SAARF AMPS (Previous Presentations)
  25. ^ SAARF AMPS (Industry Presentations)
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