Star, The

Featured Media

	Type	Value	Period
Print - Newspaper	Claimed circulation per issue		2024-04-01
Online - Website	Claimed: Page views		2024-01-01 -
Print - Newspaper	ABC circulation per issue
Print - Supplement/Section	Carrying title circulation per issue		2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30
Print - Supplement/Section	Carrying titles circulation per issue		2021-07-01
Online - Website	Claimed: Page views		2024-01-01 -

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Extra

• RSS feed: available ex website.

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Social Media

Facebook	Star (M-F) Facebook account.
Facebook	Saturday Star Facebook account.
Instagram	Saturday Star instagram
Instagram	The Star Instagram
TikTok	The Star Tik Tok
X/Twitter	Saturday Star X account.
X/Twitter	The Star X account

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Social Rates

Effective Date	Status	Type	VAT	Comm.	Comments	Currency	Announce Date	PDF
2026-01-01		Volt Africa Group	0.00	0.000		ZAR	2026-04-29	2Mb

Type	Position	Condition	Amount
Package	Package
All	Standard Post

Key Updates

• 2026-08-04 Publishing changes Star, The, Cape Times, Cape Argus, The, Mercury, The, Daily News and others TO National Media Group FROM Independent Media SA.
• 2025-04-15 Publishing changes Pretoria News stand-alone publishing resumed, weekly on Friday FROM page in Star, The (Independent Media SA (Pty) Ltd: Newspapers/Volt.Africa)
• 2023-12-14 New editors Saturday Star now shares editor with Star, The
• 2023-05-16 Medium name changes FROM Star,The/Pta News: Drive360 TO Star, The: Drive360 (Independent Media SA (Pty) Ltd: Newspaper & Digital Divisions)
• 2023-05-16 Publishing changes Star, The: Pretoria News consolidated into Star, The as a Pretoria region focussed edition/supplement (Independent Media SA (Pty) Ltd: Newspaper & Digital Divisions)
• 2023-05-16 Publishing changes Saturday Star: Pretoria News Weekend consolidated into Saturday Star as a Pretoria region focussed edition/supplement (Independent Media SA (Pty) Ltd: Newspaper & Digital Divisions)
• 2023-05-12 Advance warning Effective 15 May 2023, Pretoria News will be consolidated into Star, The. A Pretoria region focused edition will be introduced in Star, The which will be distributed in Pretoria (Independent Media SA (Pty) Ltd: Newspaper & Digital Divisions).
• 2022-01-17 Publishing changes Star, The: Drive360 & Pretoria News: Drive360 combined into Star, The/Pta News: Drive360 (Independent Media SA (Pty) Ltd: Newspaper & Digital Divisions/INC, The)
• 2020-09-01 New editors Star, The
• 2020-08-07 New editors Star Online, The
• 2019-07-10 New editors Star, The: Lifestyle/Entertainment
• 2019-07-10 New editors Star Online, The
• 2018-09-29 New print/e-dition titles Affluence (Sat. Star, Independent on Sat., W'end Argus Saturday, Pretoria News W'end) lifestyle supplement in Saturday Star, Independent on Saturday, The, Sat edition of Weekend Argus, Pretoria News Weekend (Independent Media SA (Pty) Ltd: Newspaper Division)
• 2018-09-29 Publishing changes Travel (Independent on Sat., Pretoria News W'end, Sat. Star, Sun. Tribune and W'end Argus, Sat/Sun) distribution extended to include Independent on Saturday, The, Sunday Tribune, Weekend Argus in addition to Saturday Star, Pretoria News Weekend (Independent Media SA (Pty) Ltd: Newspaper Division)
• 2018-09-25 Medium name changes Star, The: Lifestyle/Entertainment FROM Star: Tonight (Independent Media SA (Pty) Ltd: Newspaper Division)
• 2016-11-07 New editors Star, The
• 2016-09-09 New editors Saturday Star
• 2014-07-01 New editors Star, The editor resigned, deputy editor is acting editor
• 2012-02-09 New editors Star, The

Motoring

Featured Media

	Type	Value	Period
Print - Supplement/Section	Carrying titles circulation per issue		2024-01-01
Print - Supplement/Section	Carrying titles circulation per issue		2021-07-01

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Social Media

Facebook
X/Twitter

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Key Updates

• 2023-05-16 Medium name changes FROM Star,The/Pta News: Drive360 TO Star, The: Drive360 (Independent Media SA (Pty) Ltd: Newspaper & Digital Divisions)
• 2022-01-17 Publishing changes Star, The: Drive360 & Pretoria News: Drive360 combined into Star, The/Pta News: Drive360 (Independent Media SA (Pty) Ltd: Newspaper & Digital Divisions/INC, The)
• 2018-09-18 New editors Daily News/Mercury, The: Drive360
• 2018-02-13 Medium name changes TO Cape Times: Drive360 FROM Cape Times (Independent Newspapers): Drive Times; TO Pretoria News: Drive360 FROM Pretoria News: Motoring (Independent Newspapers); TO Star, The: Drive360 FROM Star: Motoring (Independent Newspapers); TO Daily News/Mercury, The: Drive360 FROM Independent Newspapers: Motoring (Independent Newspapers)