The Morning Star is a socialist British daily newspaper in tabloid format. It is dedicated to foreign and domestic news, with a bias leaning towards social issues and trade unions, and away from the perceived pro-business stance of other publications. It also has an arts page, a TV page, and sports pages. It eschews the gossip columns and sensational news of heavier tabloid papers and has also far fewer pages than other national dailies (16 pages...
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The Morning Star is a socialist British daily newspaper in tabloid format. It is dedicated to foreign and domestic news, with a bias leaning towards social issues and trade unions, and away from the perceived pro-business stance of other publications. It also has an arts page, a TV page, and sports pages. It eschews the gossip columns and sensational news of heavier tabloid papers and has also far fewer pages than other national dailies (16 pages on weekdays, 20 on Saturdays).
It was founded in 1930 as the Daily Worker, the organ of the Communist Party of Great Britain. It was relaunched as the The Morning Star in 1966. Since September 1945 the paper has been owned and published by a readers' co-operative, the People's Press Printing Society, which operates on a one-vote-per-shareholder basis.
The Morning Star was founded in 1930 as the Daily Worker, the organ of the Communist Party of Great Britain. The first edition was produced on 1 January 1930 from the offices of the newspaper in...
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