The Daily Star, which turns 40 this week, is now a middle-aged, vacuous nonentity. It's a birthday hardly worth celebrating Posters went up across Manchester in October 1978 proclaiming the arrival of a new daily newspaper: "A Star is born". On his way into the office, the paper's editor-in-chief, Derek Jameson, was upset to see that one had been defaced. His taxi driver, after laughing at the amendment, "A Star is porn", told him: "You shouldn't worry - it will double circulation." Little did e...
Fallen Star: how the tabloid with dreams of being a leftwing Sun fell from grace
The Guardian - 28 Oct 2018 16:00
The Daily Star, which turns 40 this week, is now a middle-aged, vacuous nonentity. It's a birthday hardly worth celebrating Posters went up across Manchester in October 1978 proclaiming the arrival of a new daily newspaper: "A Star is born". On his way into the office, the paper's editor-in-chief, Derek Jameson, was upset to see that one had been defaced. His taxi driver, after laughing at the amendment, "A Star is porn", told him: "You shouldn't worry - it will double circulation." Little did e...
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