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The Star
Who runs The Star, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest daily newspaper alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- The Sun
Measured from The Star’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit The Star01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs The Star
The Star thestar.com.my
Get the latest Malaysia news stories and opinions with focus on National, Regional, Sarawak and World News, as well as reports from Parliament and Court.
Wikidata: English-language daily newspaper in Malaysia and news website published by Star Media Group Berhad
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What The Star tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
trackers that follow visitors
More than all 18 alternatives below.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 6 tools
Advertising and retargeting
Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.
Session recording
Records clicks, scrolling and typing so the company can replay visits.
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
Third-party embeds
Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to The Star
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Star, thumbs down if it isn’t.
18 of the 60 sites closest to The Star match.
- 01
The Korea Herald
The Korea Herald is South Korea’s largest English-language daily and the country’s sole member of the Asia News Network (ANN).
Very close - 02
The National - Latest world news, sport & opinion
The latest international news, headlines and events from around the world
Very close - 03
EL PAÍS: el periódico global
Noticias de última hora sobre la actualidad en España y el mundo: política, economía, deportes, cultura, sociedad, tecnología, gente, opinión, viajes, moda, televisión, los blogs y las firmas de EL PAÍS. Además especiales, vídeos, fotos, audios, gráficos, entrevistas, promociones y todos los servicios de EL PAÍS.
Very close - 04
NRC - Nieuws, achtergronden en onderzoeksjournalistiek
Nieuws, duiding, analyse en onderzoeksjournalistiek over onderwerpen die er echt toe doen. Feitelijk, betrouwbaar, diepgravend en genuanceerd.
Very close - 05
Diari ARA | News from the leading Catalan newspaper
Leading Catalan newspaper: read the latest news reports and articles to find out what is happening in Catalonia, Spain and the world
Very close - 06
Handelsblatt - Nachrichten aus Finanzen, Wirtschaft und Politik
Auf Handelsblatt lesen Sie News über Unternehmen, Finanzen, Politik und Technik. ➤ Die Nr. 1 der Finanz- & Wirtschaftszeitungen. ➤ Substanz entscheidet.
Very close - 07
Aftonbladet
Aftonbladet är Sveriges primära och mest engagerande nyhetskälla. Genom journalistiken värnar vi sanningen och granskar makten.
Very close - 08
Delo.si
Najbolj verodostojne zgodbe s področja notranje in zunanje politike, gospodarstva, športa, kulture in zabave. Naše delo je, da vi veste več.
Very close - 09
Politiken | Nyheder, debat, kultur og podcast. Læs eller lyt
DET SOCIALE MEDIE SIDEN 1884 | Få overblik over dagens nyheder på politiken.dk eller lyt til nyheder, oplæste artikler og podcasts via vores apps.
Very close - 10
Newsday | Long Island's & NYC's News Source - Newsday
Breaking News, data & opinions in business, sports, entertainment, travel, lifestyle, plus much more. Newsday.com is the leading news source for Long Island & NYC.
Very close - 11
Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro
Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro
Very close - 12
Global Times
Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper under the People's Daily
Very close - 13
Новости России и мира сегодня — последние новости на Коммерсантъ
Актуальные новости, объективный анализ и эксклюзивные комментарии о важнейших событиях и трендах
Very close - 14
Vietnam News | Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports - VietNam News
Việt Nam News provides fast, accurate and unique stories and analyses on Vietnam in all areas including politics, economy, culture, travel and sports
Very close - 15
Los Angeles Daily News
The Los Angeles Daily News is the local news source for Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley region, providing breaking news, sports, business, entertainment, things to do, opinion, photos, videos and more from L.A.
Very close - 16
Aktuelle Nachrichten online - FAZ.NET
News, Nachrichten und aktuelle Meldungen aus allen Ressorts. Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Feuilleton und Finanzen im Überblick.
Very close - 17
Svenska Dagbladet
Svenska Dagbladet står för seriös och faktabaserad kvalitetsjournalistik som utmanar, ifrågasätter och inspirerar.
Very close - 18
China Daily Website - Connecting China Connecting the World
Chinadaily.com.cn is the largest English portal in China, providing news, business information, BBS, learning materials. The Website has channels as China, BizChina, World, Opinion, Sports/Olympics, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Culture, Citylife, Photo, Forum and Weather.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles The Star’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones The Star uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what The Star adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 19 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,214
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 36 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Star’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
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- JavaScript frameworks
- Vue.js asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue@2.5.12/dist/vue.min.js
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js
- CSS & UI
- Bootstrap asset https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/js/bootstrap.min.js
- Font Awesome asset https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/css/font-awesome.min.css
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:300,300i,400,400i,700,700i,900,900i&display=…
- Analytics
- Chartbeat page source: static.chartbeat.com
- Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
- Microsoft Clarity page source: clarity.ms/tag/
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Prebid.js page source: prebid.js
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: jwVxhC_oIY4xdNkrS6PebpD7BXn5itc1a1qLhes-uBeNWRbz3DQcWg==
- cdnjs asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/URI.js/1.18.10/URI.min.js
- jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue@2.5.12/dist/vue.min.js
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
- Email delivery
- Mailgun TXT v=spf1 include:eh1kl06qgw.powerspf.com include:mailgun.org ip4:88.99.…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1635.awsdns-12.co.uk
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=K21L1_MQC5w-itAoK_iuvvIVoOfxT4YkdOhexgloBXY
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Ad Manager 11/20
- Google Workspace 11/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on thestar.com.my 10/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on thestar.com.my 9/20
- Cloudflare · not on thestar.com.my 8/20
- Google Tag Manager 8/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on thestar.com.my 8/20
- Google Fonts 7/20
- React · not on thestar.com.my 7/20
- Amazon CloudFront 7/20
- Next.js · not on thestar.com.my 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 6/20
- Google Analytics · not on thestar.com.my 5/20
- GlobalSign · not on thestar.com.my 4/20
- PHP · not on thestar.com.my 4/20