Llanelli Star Explained
| Llanelli Star |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Format: | Tabloid |
| Foundation: | 9/10/1909 |
| Owners: | Trinity Mirror |
| Political: | None |
| Circulation: | 1,923 |
| Editor: | Jonathan Roberts |
| Circulation Date: | 2023 |
| Circulation Ref: | [1] |
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]
Office closure
In December 2017, it was announced that the Llanelli Star office in Cowell Street, Llanelli was to close down.[4]
Editions
The 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
of the Llanelli Star
- 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
- Town
- Gwendraeth
- Cardigan
- Llandeilo
- Lampeter
- Whitland
External links
- Web site: NNG - Newspaper - Llanelli Star . Northcliffe Media Limited . 13 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070310145513/http://www.thisisnorthcliffe.co.uk/newspaper/?genid=115&publicationid=141 . About the paper . 10 March 2007.
- Web site: Homepage . This Is South Wales .co.uk . 13 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/19991204152525/http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/ . 4 December 1999.
- Web site: Homepage . Llanelli Star Online . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421153335/http://www.llanellistar.co.uk/ . 21 April 2015 . dead.
- - Media Wales Website of the Llanelli Star
Notes and References
- Web site: Llanelli Star . . 8 February 2024 . 18 June 2024.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20424474 Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World
- News: Editors' guild president dies. 29 December 1986. The Glasgow Herald. 3. Google News Archive.
- Web site: Newyddion Cymru Ar-Lein : Wales News Online.
