Express & Star
The Express & Star, based in Wolverhampton, is Britain’s largest-selling regional evening newspaper, covering Wolverhampton, the Black Country, South Staffordshire and North Worcestershire.
It’s perhaps the largest newspaper in the United Kingdom that remains independent of the national chains. It was bought by Scottish-born industrialist Andrew Carnegie two years after its 1880 founding as the Evening Star; Carnegie saw it as a vehicle to push his republican political views. It merged with its local rival the Evening Express in 1884 and took on its existing name in 1889. Carnegie sold his stake in the paper in 1902, leaving his friend and fellow Radical Liberal Thomas Graham in overall control. The paper’s remained in the Graham family’s hands ever since.
It used to appear in nine geographical editions, but the number has fallen to five, covering:
- Wolverhampton (City Final)
- Dudley (Late Final)
- Sandwell
- Mid Staffs
- Walsall
The editions no longer produced covered: Birmingham (no longer produced); Cannock & Lichfield (now covered in the Mid Staffs edition); Kidderminster; and Stourbridge (both covered in the Dudley edition).
All editions are also available as paid e-editions.
Midland News Association introduced a part-paywall on the Express & Star‘s website in April 2011, under which photo galleries, match analysis and real-time traffic and travel information were available only on the premium website and via an iPhone/iPad app. Edited highlights of breaking news stories remained free. The move also affected the Express & Star‘s sister paper for Shropshire, the Shropshire Star. However, in January 2012 MNA announced the removal of the paywalls.
- Website:
- http://www.expressandstar.com/
- Mobile:
- http://m.expressandstar.com/
- Address:
- Express & Star
51-53 Queen Street
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV1 1ES
- Tel:
- 01902 313131
- Fax:
- 01902 772415
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