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August ABCs: Daily Star Sunday sales plummet
From Media Guardian. Posted September 5 2008, 1.07pm
The Daily Star Sunday's circulation fell off a cliff in August, dropping nearly 25% year on year. By Stephen Brook (more)

Footballer Andy Cole wins damages from Daily Star
From Media Guardian. Posted July 31 2008, 11.53am
The Daily Star has paid substantial damages and costs to ex-England footballer Andy Cole after falsely branding him a 'wife-beater'. By Stephen Brook (more)

Daily Star pays damages to football star branded a 'wife-beater'
From Press Gazette. Posted July 30 2008, 12.00am
Ex-England and Manchester United striker Andrew Cole today accepted a formal apology and "substantial damages" at London's High Court after the Daily Star branded him a "wife-beater". (more)

Daily Star apologises to Peaches Geldof over transsexual claim
From Press Gazette. Posted July 8 2008, 12.00am
The Daily Star has apologised to Peaches Geldof for claiming that her entry on Wikipedia had been edited to say she was a transsexual. (more)

Daily Star: deputy editor Ben Knowles leaves to join charity helping war-hit children
From Media Guardian. Posted June 25 2008, 12.58pm
Daily Star joint deputy editor Ben Knowles is leaving the paper to join the charity War Child. By Stephen Brook (more)

Ozzy Osbourne wins Daily Star libel payout
From Media Guardian. Posted June 5 2008, 11.14am
The Daily Star has agreed to pay damages for an article that made false allegations about Ozzy Osbourne's role as a host of this year's Brit Awards. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

Zidane headbutt victim Marco Materazzi wins Daily Star apology
From Media Guardian. Posted April 7 2008, 2.25pm
The Daily Star has apologised to the Italian footballer headbutted by Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 World Cup final for claiming he used racist abuse to provoke the attack. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Daily Star will apologise to footballer Marco Materazzi
From Press Gazette. Posted April 3 2008, 12.00am
Italian footballer Marco Materazzi will accept an apology from the Daily Star next week over allegations that he racially abused French captain Zinedine Zidane during the 2006 World Cup final. (more)

Daily Star and Daily Express editors send 'don't strike' emails to staff
From Media Guardian. Posted April 2 2008, 3.03pm
The Daily Star editor, Dawn Neesom, and her Daily Express counterpart, Peter Hill, have personally emailed staff urging them not to go out on strike on Friday (more)

Daily Star clarifies Andy Cole story on front page
From Media Guardian. Posted April 2 2008, 12.19pm
Daily Star proprietor Richard Desmond is understood to have intervened to ensure the paper ran a front page story about footballer Andy Cole. By Stephen Brook (more)

Jackson Five pair sue Daily Star over 'flat broke' allegations
From Press Gazette. Posted March 27 2008, 12.00am
Two former members of the Jackson Five are planning to sue the Daily Star, just over a week after it printed an unprecedented front page apology to the family of missing girl Madeline McCann. (more)

Poll: Were the Daily Star and Express right to turn the reader comments off on their apologies to the McCanns?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 19 2008, 12.00am
Richard Desmond's two daily papers took the unprecedented step of printing front-page apologies for their treatment of the parents of missing Madeline McCann (more)

Italian footballer Materazzi wins damages from Daily Star
From Press Gazette. Posted March 6 2008, 12.00am
Italian World Cup-winning footballer Marco Materazzi has won a libel victory against the Daily Star, over a story accusing him of racially abusing an opposing player. (more)

Italian footballer Marco Materazzi settles with Daily Star
From Press Gazette. Posted March 6 2008, 12.00am
Italian footballer Marco Materazzi has been given an apology and a "substantial" payment from the Daily Star, over a story accusing him of racially abusing French captain Zinedine Zidane during the 2006 World Cup final. (more)

Big Brother Uchea sues Daily Star
From Press Gazette. Posted January 18 2008, 12.00am
Big Brother contestant Charley Uchea is sueing Express Newspapers over a story in the Daily Star. (more)

December ABCs: Daily Star only Sunday title up year-on-year
From Press Gazette. Posted January 11 2008, 12.00am
The Daily Star Sunday was only the national Sunday Newspaper to increase its sales year-on-year in December with Sunday newspaper sales as a whole down 4.4 per cent. (more)

October ABCs: Daily Star Sunday soars year on year
From Media Guardian. Posted November 9 2007, 2.43pm
The Daily Star Sunday enjoyed a 12.28% year-on-year increase. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Daily Star associate editor takes over at Hello!
From Press Gazette. Posted November 5 2007, 12.00am
A former associate editor of the Daily Star, Kay Goddard, has been appointed editor of celebrity weekly Hello!. (more)

Daily Star says sorry to Charlotte Church
From Press Gazette. Posted September 26 2007, 12.00am
The Daily Star has apologised for invading the privacy of singer Charlotte Church and her rugby star partner Gavin Henson. (more)

Daily Star Sunday 'kicking seven bells' out of rivals
From Press Gazette. Posted September 24 2007, 12.00am
Daily Star Sunday editor Gareth Morgan tells Patrick Smith how, with a youthful and irreverent approach and aggressive marketing, the five-year-old red-top is ‘kicking seven bells’ out of the opposition. (more)

PCC resolves Peaches Geldof complaint against Daily Star
From Press Gazette. Posted September 21 2007, 12.00am
The PCC has resolved a complaint from Peaches Geldof over a Daily Star story claiming that she had verbally abused footballer Wayne Rooney's girlfriend Coleen McLoughlin. (more)

Daily Star reporter leaves in dispute over Victoria Beckham knickers stunt
From Press Gazette. Posted June 25 2007, 12.00am
Daily Star journalist Linda Harrison has left the paper following a dispute over an assignment involving dressing up as Victoria Beckham in a corset and knickers. (more)

Russell Brand accepts "substantial" damages from Daily Star over rape claim
From Press Gazette. Posted June 21 2007, 12.00am
Comedian Russell Brand today accepted a public apology and “substantial” but undisclosed libel damages at London’s High Court, over a Daily Star story wrongly linking him to the alleged drugging and raping of a 20-year-old-woman. (more)

Daily Star 'pictured wrong man as attempted murderer'
From Press Gazette. Posted June 1 2007, 12.00am
A man who says he was mistakenly branded an attempted murderer has launched a legal battle for libel damages against the Daily Star. (more)

Garry Bushell joins Daily Star Sunday
From Media Guardian. Posted May 4 2007, 1.00am
8am: Garry Bushell is back at a national newspaper, just three months he left TV reviewing. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Galloway praises NUJ action at Daily Star
From Press Gazette. Posted October 27 2006, 3.18pm
Respect MP George Galloway has put down an Early Day Motion praising the actions of NUJ members at the Daily Star which led to the paper pulling its spoof Daily Fatwa page. The page purported to show what the Star would be like if it was published under shia law. (more)

NUJ's Dear condemns Daily Star's Muslim "moment of madness"
From Press Gazette. Posted October 18 2006, 2.08pm
2.15pm: Daily Star pulled a spoof “Daily Fatwa” page late last night following a revolt from the paper’s NUJ chapel. (more)