Irish Daily Star to shut?

bbuzz · 15-09-2012 07:10PM #1

Apparently Richard Desmond is trying to shut down the Irish Daily Star beacuse of the Kate Middleton photos.

http://news.sky.com/story/985366/newspaper-boss-anger-over-topless-kate-photos

Can't see Denis O'Brien and Tony O'Reilly taking this lying down...

Fenian Army · 15-09-2012 07:11PM

I dont know which I hate more, "royalty" or rags like the star.

Hopefully both will fcuk off

the_syco · 15-09-2012 07:16PM

Where was she prancing around topless?

mikemac1 · 15-09-2012 07:19PM

Should have been shut down over a decade ago when they used a photo of motorcycle legend Joey Dunlop lying dead on the ground.

When the 10 year anniversary came around posters over in motorsport forum still remembered the Star and what they did

UKJon · 15-09-2012 07:20PM

Fenian Army wrote: »

I dont know which I hate more, "royalty" or rags like the star.

Hopefully both will fcuk off

Probably think the photos will play well in Ireland but Northern & Shell don't want the stick in Britian so are claiming nothing to do with it.

Unless The Irish Daily Star isn't profitable and they're after an excuss to close it down?

Yamanoto · 15-09-2012 07:21PM

Doubt the Star would disappear, though the current arrangement between the parties involved in its publication may be in jeopardy.

To us KM is merely another celeb and as such, our editors shouldn't tip-toe or give special dispensation to the royals.

Company chairman Richard Desmond said: "I am very angry at the decision to publish these photographs and am taking immediate steps to close down the joint venture."

mikom · 15-09-2012 07:23PM

The face that launched a thousand ships.

The tits that sank a thousand publications.

super_furry · 15-09-2012 07:31PM

Such staggering hypocrisy. It's ok to torture celebrities by following their every waking moment and taking pictures of them in some of the most vulnerable moments of their life but if someone does it to one of their untouchables, that's crossing the line.

UKJon · 15-09-2012 07:31PM

Yamanoto wrote: »

Doubt the Star would disappear, though the current arrangement between the parties involved in its publication may be in jeopardy.

To us KM is merely another celeb and as such, our editors shouldn't tip-toe or give special dispensation to the royals.

Company chairman Richard Desmond said: "I am very angry at the decision to publish these photographs and am taking immediate steps to close down the joint venture."

I have heard it said Desmond would quite like a knighthood. Hence his iffy charity lottery venture. Would explain why he's so 'angry'.

Solair · 15-09-2012 07:43PM

While the publication of the photos was fairly tasteless, I think this is a total over-reaction by this company which is only a partial owner / shareholder.

Basically, we've a foreign company dictating editorial policy to an Irish news outlet by threatening it with financial destruction.

We have a Press Council and complaints can be made there.

The Irish Daily Star is not my cup of tea, but it actually does some pretty serious stories and does them quite well, particularly in areas like crime reporting and it was quite strong on holding the Government to account last time around too when it came to calling time on the FF / Greens.

The same shareholders wouldn't think twice if this were some kind of non-Royal celeb being tortured by the press.

While I've no time for this kind of voyeurism, putting a large number of journalists, sales people, and others out of a job over an editorial call that went a bit wrong is crazy stuff.

It'd be like suggesting that RTE should have been shut down over the recent editorial screwup!

Tabloids run with pretty tasteless stories all the time. Just because this tasteless story hit a royal nerve seems to now create a situation where we are getting EXTREME commercial censorship.

If you're an owner of tabloid media outlets, you can hardly take this kind of high and mighty attitude when one runs with something like this.

Latchy · 15-09-2012 07:44PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Should have been shut down over a decade ago when they used a photo of motorcycle legend Joey Dunlop lying dead on the ground.

When the 10 year anniversary came around posters over in motorsport forum still remembered the Star and what they did

Like the sun newspaper when it published the front page picture of those two young sisters and other fans squashed up against the fence at Hillsborough and suffocating ,with no hope of been saved .It's one thing to hear your daughters have died at a football match but to see the horror of their gruesome deaths up close and splashed all over the front page of some rag is beyond any shred of decency .

RGDATA! · 15-09-2012 07:45PM

i wonder if the mods still consider this a tedious non-story? or can we discuss it?

AnonoBoy · 15-09-2012 07:48PM

When a star is born dies.

latenia · 15-09-2012 07:50PM

Lol at Desmond trying to claim the high moral ground. The man made his fortune publishing pictures of t1ts.

squod · 15-09-2012 08:00PM

Over reacting. Bit like those d1ckheads in the middle east.

Guy:Incognito · 15-09-2012 08:09PM

squod wrote: »

Over reacting. Bit like those d1ckheads in the middle east.

They probably wont murder anyone though.

Le_Dieux · 15-09-2012 08:09PM

the_syco wrote: »

Where was she prancing around topless?

What does it matter? It's HER business, nobody elses. Am an anti royalist, but sure respect an individual's right to privacy.

Fcuk the star, no better a rag than the other tabloids.

force eleven · 15-09-2012 08:13PM

Once you've seen one set of boobs, you've seen them all. At least, so my wife says.

Aidric · 15-09-2012 08:14PM

Both owners now distancing themselves from the decision to publish the photos. The Editor is a gonner.

Latchy · 15-09-2012 08:17PM

Just like the Harrygate goes naked photo and....

Harrygate ,the focus for yesterdays Taliban attack ( which killed 3 soldiers )

''Kate goes Tits Up ''is just part of the pattern of Royalty making the news again for all the wrong reasons .

wonderfulname · 15-09-2012 08:25PM

Out of curiosity does anyone else see the argument here that publishing the pictures at a time when Middleton is making official visits to highly conservative countries is very irresponsible journalism? I don't see it as hypocritical that people would take issue with these pictures and not similar ones of celebrities, provided there's more to their reasoning than "but she's a royal" that is.

magicbastarder · 15-09-2012 08:29PM

the editor was interviewed on drivetime yesterday, and defended (poorly) his decision to publish the photos. he came across as a complete turd; refused to acknowledge that the only reason the pics were published was because there was tits involved. no sympathy for him whatsoever, but i bet his staff are gunning for him.

Richard Hillman · 15-09-2012 08:36PM

The Star is like a mix between Heat and Nuts Magazines with a fictional sports section.

The 2nd most important story of the day was a made up story about Georgia Salpa (A Daily Star employee) getting a Playboy contract. The Sun and The Herald rightfully get a bad rep but IMO the Star is the worst of the lot. It is just trash made for morons.

mfceiling · 15-09-2012 08:38PM

As i posted in another thread....

British Press 2012 - outrage at pictures of kate topless being printed

British Press 2011 - constant pictures of kate's sisters arse

mikom · 15-09-2012 08:40PM

mfceiling wrote: »

As i posted in another thread....

British Press 2012 - outrage at pictures of kate topless being printed

British Press 2011 - constant pictures of kate's sisters arse

So 2011 = covered arse shots.

2012 = tit shots.

Fanny has to be getting close.

PizzamanIRL · 15-09-2012 08:41PM

Why are people obsessed with that Kate one? She's grown up with a silver spoon in her mouth, hasn't done anything to earn respect.

kowloon · 15-09-2012 08:43PM

Don't they take pictures of celebrities on the beach and the likes all the time? I don't see how this is anymore of a scandal than any of the previous times. Tabloids exist for this type of muck and their sports section. Some strangely misplaced outrage here.

Poor Uncle Tom · 15-09-2012 08:44PM

mikom wrote: »

So 2011 = covered arse shots.

2012 = tit shots.

Fanny has to be getting close.

Need a biology lesson?

mike65 · 15-09-2012 08:46PM

super_furry wrote: »

Such staggering hypocrisy. It's ok to torture celebrities by following their every waking moment and taking pictures of them in some of the most vulnerable moments of their life but if someone does it to one of their untouchables, that's crossing the line.

Are you talking about Celebrity Big Brother? They get paid for that you know!

snaps · 15-09-2012 08:47PM

mfceiling wrote: »

As i posted in another thread....

British Press 2012 - outrage at pictures of kate topless being printed

British Press 2011 - constant pictures of kate's sisters arse

There's a line that's been crossed here, royal or no royal. At the end of the day, they are normal people, they deserve time where they should be allowed to do things any other person would at their age etc. If she was on a public beach, then yes, slap her all over the tabloids, but pictures taken like these are a disgrace. The press need to be brought down a peg or two now, enough is enough.
If a couple can't have some privacy for time to themselves away from the press, then its a sad world we live.
I'm not bothered about the royals, but actually feel disgusted what's happened to Kate and her family, end of the day they are just a married couple, trying to enjoy life together.

Oarrack Bama · 15-09-2012 08:52PM

No fan of tabloids BUT believe me the British press are such hypocrites. They would post nude pictures of foreign heads of state in an instant - but they won't their own. They are all ethical now eh? Also "porn king" Desmond has a crisis of concious over this. That's hilarious.

I hope it is not shut down for the simple reason, as has been pointed out, are we to allow the British to decide editorial stances here and what we can read in our own country!?

Hope Denis O'Brien keeps it going - not because I like it, I despise it - but because I don't think we should be kow toeing to what the British press want.

Irish Daily Star to shut?

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