The Llanelli Star is a Welsh regional newspaper covering the areas of Llanelli and Carmarthen in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is published on a weekly basis in a tabloid form. The newspaper is published by Trinity Mirror, the same company behind the South Wales Evening Post. In 2012, Local World acquired South West Wales Publications owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust.[2] Geoffrey Lloyd was the editor from 1965 to his death in 1986.[3]
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Trinity Mirror |
| Editor | Jonathan Roberts |
| Founded | 9/10/1909 |
| Political alignment | None |
| Circulation | 1,923 (as of 2023)[1] |
| Website | walesonline |
Office closure
editIn December 2017, it was announced that the Llanelli Star office in Cowell Street, Llanelli was to close down.[4]
Editions
editThe Llanelli Star has a sister paper, the Carmarthen Journal. The Star was originally published on a Thursday, but both are now published on Wednesdays. The two papers have different formats and news content which varies by area.
The Llanelli Star covers the district of Llanelli and the Gwendraeth Valley where the Carmarthen Journal covers the town of Carmarthen and also the Gwendraeth Valley.
Sub-Editions
editof the Llanelli Star
edit- There are three editions of the Llanelli Star, the main Llanelli edition, the Burry Port edition and the Gwendraeth Valley edition which was re-launched in late 2011.
of the Carmarthen Journal
edit- Town
- Gwendraeth
- Cardigan
- Llandeilo
- Lampeter
- Whitland
References
edit- ^ "Llanelli Star". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 8 February 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World BBC News, 21 November 2012
- ^ "Editors' guild president dies". The Glasgow Herald. 29 December 1986. p. 3 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Newyddion Cymru Ar-Lein : Wales News Online".
External links
edit- "NNG - Newspaper - Llanelli Star". Northcliffe Media Limited. Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
About the paper
- "Homepage". This Is South Wales .co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 1999. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- "Homepage". Llanelli Star Online. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015.
- Official website - Media Wales Website of the Llanelli Star