The Stars in the star!!

BigO

Ok i read the star when waiting arround, because it is a bit better than the sun (made by the same crew as the indo, that doesn't say alot)

But has anyone ever noticed why mystic meg has 2 colyumns in differnt places saying complely diofferent horoscopes!

Raphael

I wouldnt be in the least bit surprised. Could you scan them in, for laughs sake?

BigO

i will do it 2 moro cause i don't av' the star on me today

James R

I don't think they're both by Mystic Meg are they? And even so one of them is based on love while the other is based on life

UnrealQueen

No, the other one is by some guy. Mystic Meg's one are better:p

flogen

are you sure the indo and the star are the same?
i thought the indo and the herald were linked.....

Flogen

Superman

well it isprinted by star independent limited unless this is a bizzare error!

flogen

from what i gather, star independent is just a coincidental name:

http://www.unison.ie/classifieds/printmediakit/
that link mentions the indo, sunday indo, and herald, but not anything else.... cant find who actually prints it though, not even on copies of the paper I have around the house.

Flogen

Superman

its near the barcode cause i notice it when doing returns at work

flogen

nope, just checked and all it says around the barcode is 'The Irish Indepedent' and in really really small print 'the recommended retail of this paper in Ireland...blah blah'

looked through a few copies too.... it must be somewhere, but i cant see it on the front/back pages, or inside them..... do they put all their credits in the centre of the paper or something?

Flogen

James R

The Star has no affiliation with the Indo. They're owned by Star Independent Group alright but thats a seperate company than the Irish Independent group

tba

the indo probably just print the copies for them in ireland

flogen

I always thought the star was irish rather than the Oirish Sun..... maybe Im wrong..

anyway, Star Independent is different to the independent as James R said

Flogen

talla

actually the star,herald, indo, sunday world are all owned by the same company - Independent News and Media PLC.

Taken from their website

"Ireland is the headquarters of the Independent News & Media Group where it publishes national and local newspapers, operates the largest newspaper wholesaler and distributor, as well as operating a fast growing yellow page director business.

Publishing
Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Ltd is the leading newspaper publisher in Ireland, with the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, Evening Herald, Sunday World and The Star all market leaders in their segments. In addition to the five national titles, the Group publishes eleven local newspapers in counties Cork, Kerry, Dublin, Louth, Wexford and Wicklow."

LegacyUser

Yup, talla beat me to it.

The Indo actually own 50% of the Star, while the other half IIRC is owned by a British/Irish collaboration. It is an "Irish" publication which the Brits have absolutely zero control over, as opposed to an 'Oirish' publication.

Easiest way to spot a cheap Brit tabloid is look at the top centre of each page of the Sun/Mirror whatever if there is a code like I, R, or E and then a digit, those pages are produced in the Republic. One edition generally consists of less than 5% Irish input.

As for the stars, presumably they're supposed to be dropped from the main paper on saturday and sunday because of the free mag (which I presume you were referring to).