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The Star

Who runs The Star, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest daily newspaper alternatives.

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Closest alternative
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01 · 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.

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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.

Fewer trackers than The StarNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

18 of the 60 sites closest to The Star match.

  1. 01
    The Korea Herald koreaherald.com English 1 tracker

    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).

    Compare The Korea Herald with The Star →
  2. 02
    thenationalnews.com English 1 tracker

    The National - Latest world news, sport & opinion

    The latest international news, headlines and events from around the world

    Compare thenationalnews.com with The Star →
  3. 03
    El País elpais.com Top 1K Spanish 1 tracker

    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.

    Compare El País with The Star →
  4. 04
    NRC nrc.nl Dutch No trackers

    NRC - Nieuws, achtergronden en onderzoeksjournalistiek

    Nieuws, duiding, analyse en onderzoeksjournalistiek over onderwerpen die er echt toe doen. Feitelijk, betrouwbaar, diepgravend en genuanceerd.

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  5. 05
    ARA ara.cat English 4 trackers

    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

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  6. 06
    Handelsblatt handelsblatt.com Top 10K German No trackers

    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.

    Compare Handelsblatt with The Star →
  7. 07
    Aftonbladet aftonbladet.se Top 10K Swedish No trackers

    Aftonbladet

    Aftonbladet är Sveriges primära och mest engagerande nyhetskälla. Genom journalistiken värnar vi sanningen och granskar makten.

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  8. 08
    Delo delo.si Slovenian 1 tracker

    Delo.si

    Najbolj verodostojne zgodbe s področja notranje in zunanje politike, gospodarstva, športa, kulture in zabave. Naše delo je, da vi veste več.

    Compare Delo with The Star →
  9. 09
    Politiken politiken.dk Danish No trackers

    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.

    Compare Politiken with The Star →
  10. 10
    Newsday newsday.com English No trackers

    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.

    Compare Newsday with The Star →
  11. 11
    Metro metro.co.uk Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro

    Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro

    Compare Metro with The Star →
  12. 12
    Global Times globaltimes.cn English No trackers

    Global Times

    Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper under the People's Daily

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  13. 13
    Kommersant kommersant.ru Top 10K Russian 1 tracker

    Новости России и мира сегодня — последние новости на Коммерсантъ

    Актуальные новости, объективный анализ и эксклюзивные комментарии о важнейших событиях и трендах

    Compare Kommersant with The Star →
  14. 14
    Vietnam News vietnamnews.vn English 1 tracker

    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

    Compare Vietnam News with The Star →
  15. 15
    Los Angeles Daily News dailynews.com English 2 trackers

    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.

    Compare Los Angeles Daily News with The Star →
  16. 16
    Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung faz.net Top 10K German 1 tracker

    Aktuelle Nachrichten online - FAZ.NET

    News, Nachrichten und aktuelle Meldungen aus allen Ressorts. Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Feuilleton und Finanzen im Überblick.

    Compare Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung with The Star →
  17. 17
    Svenska Dagbladet svd.se Swedish No trackers

    Svenska Dagbladet

    Svenska Dagbladet står för seriös och faktabaserad kvalitetsjournalistik som utmanar, ifrågasätter och inspirerar.

    Compare Svenska Dagbladet with The Star →
  18. 18
    China Daily chinadaily.com.cn Top 10K English No trackers

    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.

    Compare China Daily with The Star →

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

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
9,221
Vector
384-d
Query
49 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.

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