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Shropshire Star
The Shropshire Star is an English regional newspaper and reputedly the twelfth biggest-selling regional newspaper in the UK. It is based at Grosvenor House, Telford, where it covers the whole of Shropshire plus parts of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Cheshire and Mid Wales. It is printed by Newsquest at their Deeside office.
Currently edited by Mark Drew, the Shropshire Star publishes daily, except for Sunday. In the first half of 2012, the newspaper had a daily circulation of 49,751. Ten years later paid print circulation had fallen by 80% to less than 10,000 (ABC Jan-Jun 2023). In 2023, in an attempt to reverse its declining fortunes the newspaper began the process to monetize its online views by placing the majority of its news content behind a paywall.
The Shropshire Star was under the ownership of the Graham family from its inception to September 2023. The Shropshire Star is published by the Midland News Association (MNA), which also owns the Express & Star newspaper.
The Shropshire Star has been in circulation since Monday 5 October 1964, inheriting a nightly circulation of around 19,000 from the old Shropshire edition of the Express & Star.
The Midland News Association board saw an opportunity with the growth of Dawley New Town - later renamed Telford - and produced a successful news and advertising product to serve a county which is a mixture of agriculture and industrial areas.
It was the first British newspaper to bring readers colour pictures of the Moon landing in 1969. In the mid-1980s the Shropshire Star became one of the first newspapers in Britain to introduce an editorial computer system, following in the footsteps of its sister paper the Express & Star which was the first, in 1980.
The Shropshire Star later became the first evening newspaper in Europe to use web-fed offset printing, which refers to the use of rolls (or webs) of paper supplied to the printing press.
In September 2023, the paper was sold by the family-owned Claverley Group to National World.
Shropshire Star
The Shropshire Star is an English regional newspaper and reputedly the twelfth biggest-selling regional newspaper in the UK. It is based at Grosvenor House, Telford, where it covers the whole of Shropshire plus parts of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Cheshire and Mid Wales. It is printed by Newsquest at their Deeside office.
Currently edited by Mark Drew, the Shropshire Star publishes daily, except for Sunday. In the first half of 2012, the newspaper had a daily circulation of 49,751. Ten years later paid print circulation had fallen by 80% to less than 10,000 (ABC Jan-Jun 2023). In 2023, in an attempt to reverse its declining fortunes the newspaper began the process to monetize its online views by placing the majority of its news content behind a paywall.
The Shropshire Star was under the ownership of the Graham family from its inception to September 2023. The Shropshire Star is published by the Midland News Association (MNA), which also owns the Express & Star newspaper.
The Shropshire Star has been in circulation since Monday 5 October 1964, inheriting a nightly circulation of around 19,000 from the old Shropshire edition of the Express & Star.
The Midland News Association board saw an opportunity with the growth of Dawley New Town - later renamed Telford - and produced a successful news and advertising product to serve a county which is a mixture of agriculture and industrial areas.
It was the first British newspaper to bring readers colour pictures of the Moon landing in 1969. In the mid-1980s the Shropshire Star became one of the first newspapers in Britain to introduce an editorial computer system, following in the footsteps of its sister paper the Express & Star which was the first, in 1980.
The Shropshire Star later became the first evening newspaper in Europe to use web-fed offset printing, which refers to the use of rolls (or webs) of paper supplied to the printing press.
In September 2023, the paper was sold by the family-owned Claverley Group to National World.
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