Malaysia’s leading English daily, The Star will increase the newsstand price by almost 50 per cent from 3rd April, and that’s not an April Fool joke.

Subscribers, shareholders, retirees and former employees are screaming their heads off like going on roller coaster about to trick them that they will fall off.

From a current price of RM2 to RM3 is being called out as ridiculous, unsympathetic and not caring for the older retired generation that subscribe to the newspaper that is declining in sales.

From its heydays in 2008 with over 300,000 in sales, today it has dropped to about 60,000. Sales dropping by about five times is owing to the digital revolution and the younger generation reading the news on the social media which is free.

https://newswav.com/A2303_TJILDw?s=A_tNO7Pkn

Who still buy papers ? To wrap Chee cheong fun?

RM 1.00 x 30 days = RM 30.00
RM 3.00 x 30 days = RM 90.00

Better read news online and it's free.

rm3? crazy la, rm3 u can buy magazines ledi

why still buy newspaper?

This post has been edited by ipohps3: Mar 9 2023, 10:58 PM

sunset industry

Damn. Last time 1.20

just close lah.

hardcopy easier to read and to digest. Online mostly just empty browsing then forget already

No more cheap nasi lemak with newspaper wrapping

Old news paper collector will also increase offering price or not ?

If no then no point but news paper. My wife only ask me newspaper when time of the month need to wrap used sanitary pad

Orang tua computer illiterate.

Like my parents. I setup a PC with 24in vertical LCD for them to try read e-newspaper (subscription only RM60/year).

After a few days, they gave up. Willing to pay RM2/day for physical copy.

If read from The Star website, also not all article free.

Normally I get my news from /k like Lembu Goreng or airtawarian... owai-

You mesti very long no buy magazine

Olang Tua at kampung

Ur area offer how much for old newspaper?

Few months back, I sent to the used paper collection warehouse, was shocked that the buying price is now 90cents per kg.

/k/ is my newspaper

actually if u ask me a young man to read on PC or tablet, i also wont read, tried reading magazines, mangas etc on monitor, laptop, tablet, all cannot, end up i still go bck to physical copy

olol.. 3x30 pay for fiber 100mbps more worth it.

Last time masa kosmo / metro sales drop. also their increase prices.
i laughed with my mother.
because before prices up we buy everyday.
when price up of course la dont beli.

only malaysia bisnes no good. price go up.

20 years ago before /k/ exist
if want learn about computer
have to buy The Star.
Tuesday and Thursday.

rm3 can buy kreko

It is the glare, sometimes it can be uncomfortable.

For me it is ok, but some of my friends really cannot tahan.

Can try e-ink displays like the kindle or kobo. You can set up Pocket (the read later app) with the kobo. One of my friend likes it another does not, YMMV.

It is like reading on your old 3310.

This post has been edited by loserguy: Mar 9 2023, 11:32 PM

Nah.....

Major issue is hand eye co-ordination & finger. Cannot control the mouse.

Who even read

In tech. Loved it especially centre page game review

Only stupid still sell newspaper

newspapers are a sunset industry

adopt internet media or die

Why they suka2 increase price take advantage of old folks?

They should add more ads to cover their cost instead of raising the selling price.

DROP 5 times, why increase 5 times ?
if drop again, increase again

habis la nasi lemak naik harga soon

I just read kat sekolah.. Free newspaper.. Not sure who sponsored

Sekoah rendah time, buy for tv schedule. Sunday get schedule for whole week can see what movie and cartoon to watch, and plan. Ada pun 3 channel je. Like kids nowadays phone is life, back then tv is life. You plan your daily life around tv schedule.

Sekolah menengah time, buy for Star 2 pullout. Entertainment, fashion, InTech. Dear Thelma usually have hngggh story. University time, buy for actual news. Start caring less about Star 2 content. Start working time, Malaysiakini. That time Anwar just got sacked. Thats when people start to realise mainstream newspaper all jilat, start downfall of newspaper biz, coincide with digital revolution.

u imply that people actually read instead of turning them into nasi lemak wrapper?

Those idiots that scream, what are they thinking? Physical media is free?

Paper, printing, transportation all needs money. The number of distribution has gone down drastically, and that means there's no more volume to distribute the cost, hence price increase is inevitable.

Agreed with the above. Increase price of paper, printing ink + machinery mantainence and staffs' salaries, equally shared among the decreasing readers. Reduce the readers by another half and it'll be RM6/per copy.

Last time I used newspapers for my dog to piss on. Now no more dog so no need paper.

with half of it ads

RM3 ? Stupid paper full with advertisement from page 1? No thanks.

No news is good news.

that is called put a nail to the coffin

newspaper still relevant nowsaday?

retired older generation 60+70+ still prefer hardcopies..

Digital subscriptions only 9.9/month

roadside nasi lemak LOL

Increases price yet decreases content. Its so thin now compared to last time.

LEL
the last time i botted a star was when it was rm1

ayam like reading newspaper
having breakfast at mamak, eat soft boiled eggs while reading
and then bring back newspaper to use to wrap toenails clippings

the last time i bought Star np was like Rm1.30? lupa.

ah, an oldies thread

Exactly. Which fool still buy papers?

the last time I used to buy Star was just for the InTech... was it Tuesdays?

NST Computimes was on Thursday , IINM ....

For maid to wipe the glass windows.

dulu dulu, epop rm2.8 je

Hahaha can say even faster GG soon.

me.

i am facing pc and phone screen during my work time. once i get back home, i prefer newspaper

read china press lo

I improved from spm 1119 c6 to muet band 5 thx to the stars

Teach them to read from.phone. PC cannot be moved around, that's why they don't like.

I thought online is more. expensive than paper?
I remember wanting to read the star and they ask me to pay for it
totally wtf moment
but the paper one is really terrible
font so fking small and always have to waste material to print it and deliver it
the carbon footprint is definitely higher than online
but seeing need to pay online also damn dulan

RM 3 mahal gila, still have intech?

should get iPad instead of PC.

big screen but "low res" also will feel lazy to read.

Wrap nasi lemak

setup what PC. Buy la Apple iPad for orang tua

i guess they trying to cut down the production for physical papers,

makes more sense to make readers focus more on online reading, less cost required

Must be tough some editor ask you register account to raise sales.


Tell them use their main acc help you promote and have $$ for year end bonus at least.



Kesian you if sacked for such poor promoting.

My father for sure hari-hari will buy The Star and New Straits Times.

GG newspaper.

Last time only rm1

op cos la

only oldies buy physical copy

now they trying to lock the backdated news, forcing you to subscribe baru can access (just like malaysiakini style)
even myself buy occasionally to wrap things saja

chinese paper the oriental daily already cancel physical copies since 2021, went full digital

kecian dupe kantoi

This post has been edited by DValentine: Jun 8 2023, 05:34 PM

老野讲历史，后生讲烂lansi

(oldies talk history, we cakap lansi)

Yup got shocked 2montsh ago buying the Saturday paper.
No more papers

bought the RM3 thestar last sunday, it's thin like half of what I used to get few years back.

kecian MCA macai dupes trying hard

Last time 1.80 x 365 = 657
alr one month myvi installment lost to news pauper each year
so better dont subscribe

now one year = 1095
alr can cover almost one month house loan installment

Brother, last time double storey house in puchong also cost rm200k only

Economy mixed rice cost rm3 only.

Wake up and deal with inflation

Hv u tried reading an e-textbook for exam purpose?

In the end, everyone will still go back to read physical book.

It's good that The Star now has doubled pages, and this means they have improvised and added their content for us to read.

lel. topkek MCA dupe replying to own dupe

Only the boomer generation still buys papers.

Wrap nasi lemak? Bahasa English halal.

MaHal gila

If they don't have critical content but just panders to the mainstream without nudging Malaysia to a more open society where ideas can be exchanged ... keep on increasing the price, the paper is doomed

The new renewal rate for 1 year is RM897.. insane

See so bodoh right. P puji paper then use another P account puji pula.



Please lah why would someone jilat jilat justify protek MCA paper last time RM 1 thick thick like math textbook, today RM 3 even thinner than roti chennai. Sohigh betul lah The Star chais want to tipu pipur.

This post has been edited by fu'house: Jun 9 2023, 05:38 PM

Crazy 50% price increase. I been subscriber for 30 years, last few years, every year increase, ok lah, a bit. This one 50%, thank you, subscription end, stop..

More pages, more content not news pun, just article from overseas only…

the question is how the content justify the 50% increment?

The smeuulll 👃

Daily rm3…

Shud change to bekam like the edge publish once a week only…

Charge rm5-6 woso ok 🤣🤣🤣

pujimak puji

Mod do something

these dupes out of hands

i thought need invite code to register account?
how come these guy easily register acccount?

This post has been edited by DValentine: Jun 11 2023, 10:19 PM

you got so old meh?

ayam old unker

I get my news from the most trusted source - /k