Shropshire Star
Newspaper based in Shropshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Shropshire Star is reputedly the twelfth biggest-selling regional newspaper in the UK.[2] 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.
Type | Daily regional newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Midland News Association |
Editor | Martin Wright |
Founded | 5 October 1964 |
Political alignment | Conservative |
Headquarters | Head office: Midland News Association, 51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1ES |
Circulation | 9,914 (as of 2023)[1] |
Sister newspapers | Express & Star |
Website | shropshirestar.com |
Currently edited by Martin Wright,[3] the Shropshire Star publishes daily, except for Sunday. In the first half of 2012, the newspaper had a daily circulation of 49,751.[4] 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 contect 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.