The Philippine Star
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The Philippine Star (self-styled The Philippine STAR) is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group. First published on July 28, 1986, by veteran journalists Betty Go-Belmonte, Max Soliven and Art Borjal, it is one of several Philippine newspapers founded after the 1986 People Power Revolution.
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet and News website |
Owner(s) | PhilStar Daily, Inc. MediaQuest Holdings (51%) Belmonte family (21%) Private stock (28%) |
Founder(s) | Betty Go-Belmonte Maximo V. Soliven Art Borjal |
Publisher | Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc. |
President | Miguel G. Belmonte |
Editor-in-chief | Ana Marie Pamintuan |
Associate editor | Millet M. Mananquil Doreen G. Yu Marichu A. Villanueva |
Managing editor | Romel A. Lara |
Sports editor | Nelson T. Beltran |
Founded | July 28, 1986; 37 years ago (1986-07-28) (13,778 issues) |
Political alignment | Centre-left |
Language | English |
Headquarters | The Philippine Star Building, Amvel Business Park, Dr. Arcadio Santos Avenue corner Sucat Road, San Dionisio, Parañaque, Metro Manila[2] |
City | Manila |
Country | Philippines |
Circulation | Mon–Sat: 262,285 (2012)[3] Sunday: 286,408 (2012)[3] |
Sister newspapers | BusinessWorld Pilipino Star Ngayon Pang-Masa The Freeman Banat |
OCLC number | 854909029 |
Website | philstar.com |
Its sister publications include business newspaper BusinessWorld; Cebu-based, English-language broadsheet The Freeman; Filipino-language tabloids Pilipino Star Ngayon and Pang-Masa; Cebuano-language tabloid Banat, online news portals Philstar.com, PhilstarLife.com, Interaksyon (formerly with News5), LatestChika.com, Wheels.PH, PropertyReport.PH, Multiverse.PH and TV/digital production unit Philstar TV.
In March 2014, the newspaper was acquired by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., a media conglomerate subsidized by the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund, after the company purchased a majority stake in Philstar Daily, Inc.
The Philippine Star is among the Philippines' most widely circulated newspapers, with an average circulation of 266,000 copies daily, according to the Philippine Yearbook 2013.