It is printed in tabloid format, with some complaints about the pullout sections making the newspaper too disorganised. Its other major competitor is the New Straits Times, a broadsheet (although a tabloid version began rolling off the presses in September2004), with another English-language tabloid, The Sun, also grabbing readers.
The newspaper has undergone several name changes during its 100-year history, but Williams was the first publisher to make such a change.
Newspaper offices have been in the 300 block of Main Street; at the back of what is now Dryden's Drug Store at 401 Main St.; and at 418, 425, 419 and 421 Main.
As was the case in its infancy, the newspaper changed hands a number of times in the 1920s and 1930s.
The Star (daily) and Sunday Star, Malaysia's most widely-read English-language daily and Sunday newspapers, are published in four editions - two editions which cover the northern peninsular states of Penang, Kedah, Perlis and northern Perak while the other two editions cover the rest of the country.
In January 2002, The Star's new printing plant, Star Media Hub was officially opened by the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi in Shah Alam, Selangor.
The Star has undergone many changes in its growth but one characteristic remains the same - its reporting style continues to be refreshing, with news and articles that are varied to cater to different interests.
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