thestar.com.my
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.
14 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
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 - 04
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 - 05
Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro
Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro
Very close - 06
Global Times
Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper under the People's Daily
Very close - 07
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 - 08
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 - 09
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 - 10
Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema
Get the latest update on UAE, business, life style, UAE jobs, gold rate, Exchange rate, UAE holidays, Dubai police, RTA and prayer times from UAE’s largest news portal.
Close - 11
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close - 12
Document
Russian state-controlled website
Very close - 13
Breaking News and Analysis on Asia and the World | Real-Time Coverage out of Asia and Singapore - CNA
Get 24/7 real-time updates on breaking news from Asia, Singapore and around the world. CNA delivers accurate, timely coverage of events as they unfold. Stay informed.
Very close - 14
nine.com.au -- the new ninemsn - News, Sport, TV, Entertainment, Lifestyle | Latest Breaking News Headlines from Australia and the world
Meet the new nine.com.au. Get the latest news, sport, TV, travel, fashion, fitness, recipes, celebrity news and exclusive content, all for free at nine.com.au, the home of Nine
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
- 9,215
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 25 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
Built with
- 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