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org">The Philippine Star</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i>Truth Shall Prevail</i><sup id="cite_ref-Betty1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Betty1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="logo" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Philippine_STAR_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/The_Philippine_STAR_logo.svg/230px-The_Philippine_STAR_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="230" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/The_Philippine_STAR_logo.svg/345px-The_Philippine_STAR_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/The_Philippine_STAR_logo.svg/460px-The_Philippine_STAR_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="464" data-file-height="190" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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class="infobox-data">PhilStar Daily, Inc. <br /> <a href="/wiki/MediaQuest_Holdings" title="MediaQuest Holdings">MediaQuest Holdings</a> (51%)<br /> Belmonte family (21%) <br /> Private stock (28%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Betty_Go-Belmonte" title="Betty Go-Belmonte">Betty Go-Belmonte</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Maximo_V._Soliven" class="mw-redirect" title="Maximo V. Soliven">Maximo V. Soliven</a><br />Art Borjal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data">Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Miguel G. Belmonte</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor-in-chief</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Ana Marie Pamintuan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Associate editor</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Millet M. Mananquil<br />Doreen G. Yu<br />Marichu A. Villanueva</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Managing editor</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Romel A. Lara</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sports editor</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Nelson T. Beltran</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">July 28, 1986<span class="noprint">; 38 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1986-07-28</span>)</span><br />(13,997 issues)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political alignment</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Centre-left_politics" title="Centre-left politics">Centre-left</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">The Philippine Star Building, Amvel Business Park, Dr. Arcadio Santos Avenue corner Sucat Road, <a href="/wiki/San_Dionisio,_Para%C3%B1aque" title="San Dionisio, Parañaque">San Dionisio, Parañaque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metro_Manila" title="Metro Manila">Metro Manila</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Philippines</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Newspaper_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper circulation">Circulation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mon–Sat: 262,285 (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-Circ_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Circ-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Sunday: 286,408 (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-Circ_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Circ-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sister newspapers</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/BusinessWorld" title="BusinessWorld">BusinessWorld</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Pilipino_Star_Ngayon" title="Pilipino Star Ngayon">Pilipino Star Ngayon</a></i><br /><i>Pang-Masa</i><br /><i>The Freeman</i><br /><i>Banat</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> number</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/854909029">854909029 </a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.philstar.com">philstar.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.4em; border-top: 1px solid #aaa"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of the Philippines">Media of the Philippines</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_Philippines" title="List of newspapers in the Philippines">List of newspapers</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Philippine Star</b></i> (self-styled <i>The Philippine STAR</i>) is an English-language newspaper in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group. First published on July 28, 1986, by veteran journalists <a href="/wiki/Betty_Go-Belmonte" title="Betty Go-Belmonte">Betty Go-Belmonte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Max_Soliven" title="Max Soliven">Max Soliven</a> and Art Borjal, it is one of several Philippine newspapers founded after the <a href="/wiki/1986_People_Power_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 People Power Revolution">1986 People Power Revolution</a>. </p><p>Its sister publications include business newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/BusinessWorld" title="BusinessWorld">BusinessWorld</a></i>; Cebu-based, English-language broadsheet <i><a href="/wiki/The_Freeman_(newspaper)" title="The Freeman (newspaper)">The Freeman</a></i>; Filipino-language tabloids <i><a href="/wiki/Pilipino_Star_Ngayon" title="Pilipino Star Ngayon">Pilipino Star Ngayon</a></i> and <i>Pang-Masa</i>; Cebuano-language tabloid <i>Banat</i>, online news portals Philstar.com, PhilstarLife.com, <a href="/wiki/Interaksyon" title="Interaksyon">Interaksyon</a> (formerly with <a href="/wiki/News5" title="News5">News5</a>), LatestChika.com, Wheels.PH, PropertyReport.PH, Multiverse.PH and TV/digital production unit Philstar TV. </p><p>In March 2014, the newspaper was acquired by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., a media conglomerate subsidized by the <a href="/wiki/PLDT" title="PLDT">PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund</a>, after the company purchased a majority stake in Philstar Daily, Inc. </p><p><i>The Philippine Star</i> is among the Philippines' most widely circulated newspapers, with an average circulation of 266,000 copies daily, according to the <i><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Yearbook" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Yearbook">Philippine Yearbook</a> 2013</i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Philippine_Star&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Front_page_of_the_first-ever_issue_of_The_Philippine_STAR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/Front_page_of_the_first-ever_issue_of_The_Philippine_STAR.jpg/175px-Front_page_of_the_first-ever_issue_of_The_Philippine_STAR.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Front_page_of_the_first-ever_issue_of_The_Philippine_STAR.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="254" data-file-height="392" /></a><figcaption>The first issue of <i>The Philippine Star</i> on July 28, 1986.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding">Founding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Philippine_Star&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Philippine Star</i> was first published seven months after the 1986 People Power Revolution that toppled <a href="/wiki/Strongman_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Strongman (politics)">strongman</a> <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Ferdinand Marcos">Ferdinand Marcos</a> and propelled <a href="/wiki/Corazon_Aquino" title="Corazon Aquino">Corazon Aquino</a> to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">Philippine presidency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Beginnings_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beginnings-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before its establishment, founders Betty Go-Belmonte, Max Soliven and Art Borjal were veteran journalists involved in the "Mosquito Press", a collective name for the different newspapers critical of the Marcos administration that were published after the <a href="/wiki/Martial_Law_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Martial Law in the Philippines">Martial Law era</a> from 1972 to 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-Betty6_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Betty6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, Belmonte was the publisher of a small, monthly magazine called <i>The Star</i>, a predecessor of <i>The Philippine Star</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Betty1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Betty1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 9, 1985, a few months before the 1986 People Power Revolution, Belmonte, Soliven, and Borjal, together with <a href="/wiki/Eugenia_Apostol" title="Eugenia Apostol">Eugenia Apostol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louie_Beltran" title="Louie Beltran">Louie Beltran</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Florangel_Rosario-Braid" title="Florangel Rosario-Braid">Florangel Rosario-Braid</a>, founded the English-language newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Daily_Inquirer" title="Philippine Daily Inquirer">Philippine Daily Inquirer</a></i>, which soon became the Marcos administration's most vocal critic. However, after the revolution, questions about finances and a divergence of priorities caused a rift among the <i>Inquirer</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> founders, which led to Belmonte, Soliven, and Borjal's founding of <i>The Philippine Star</i>. Belmonte served as the founding chairman of the Board of Directors, while Soliven acted as the founding publisher and chairman of the editorial board.<sup id="cite_ref-Beginnings_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beginnings-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Betty1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Betty1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Antonio Roces served as the first <a href="/wiki/Editor-in-chief" title="Editor-in-chief">editor-in-chief</a> until his resignation in 1989. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Philippine_Star&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Philstar Media Group</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Philstar_Media_Group.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Philstar_Media_Group.png/200px-Philstar_Media_Group.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Philstar_Media_Group.png/300px-Philstar_Media_Group.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Philstar_Media_Group.png/400px-Philstar_Media_Group.png 2x" data-file-width="778" data-file-height="303" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Mass_media" title="Mass media">Mass media</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1986</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Betty Go Belmonte</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">The Philippine STAR Building, Amvel Business Park, Dr. A. Santos Avenue, Sucat, 1700 Parañaque City</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Victorico P. Vargas (Chairman) <br /> Miguel G. Belmonte (President and CEO) <br /> Carlos R. Dizon (CFO)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Print <a href="/wiki/Publishing" title="Publishing">publishing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Digital_media" title="Digital media">digital media</a>, <a href="/wiki/Out-of-home_advertising" class="mw-redirect" title="Out-of-home advertising">Out-of-home advertising</a>, <a href="/wiki/Television_production" class="mw-redirect" title="Television production">television production</a>, <a href="/wiki/Event_management" title="Event management">event management</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Brands</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/BusinessWorld" title="BusinessWorld">BusinessWorld</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Freeman_(newspaper)" title="The Freeman (newspaper)">The Freeman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pilipino_Star_Ngayon" title="Pilipino Star Ngayon">Pilipino Star Ngayon</a></i></li> <li><i>Pang-Masa</i></li> <li><i>Banat News</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philstar_Global" title="Philstar Global">Philstar.com</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interaksyon" title="Interaksyon">Interaksyon</a></li> <li>PhilstarLife.com</li> <li>LatestChika.com</li> <li>PropertyReport.ph</li> <li>Wheels.ph</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/PLDT" title="PLDT">PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/MediaQuest_Holdings" title="MediaQuest Holdings">MediaQuest Holdings</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data">BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation (majority stake)<br />Philstar Daily, Inc.<br /><a href="/wiki/Philstar_Global" title="Philstar Global">Philstar Global Corporation</a><br />Pilipino Star Ngayon, Inc.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The first issue of the newspaper on July 28, 1986, had eight pages, no advertisements and carried the headline, "Wear yellow and die" that featured the death of 23-year-old Stephen Salcedo, a bystander killed by a mob of Marcos loyalists during a rally at <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Luneta_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Luneta Park">Luneta Park</a>. The masthead of the newspaper carried the motto, "Truth Shall Prevail", reflecting its editorial policy of presenting both sides of the story instead of the prevailing "scoop mentality" of that time.<sup id="cite_ref-Betty1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Betty1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aside from the main news section, the first issue also includes the World, Nation, Money, Life and Sports sections. </p><p>The first issue of <i>The Philippine Star</i> was printed at Philstar Daily, Inc.'s printing press in Port Area, Manila and made use of a blue and yellow color scheme, which eventually became its signature colors. For its initial price of ₱1.75, the newspaper had an initial print run of "a few thousand copies".<sup id="cite_ref-Beginnings_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beginnings-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At first, the newspaper was only published from Mondays to Saturdays because Belmonte prohibited work on Sundays. To capitalize on Sunday readership, Philstar Daily, Inc. began publishing <i>Starweek</i> on February 15, 1987, which served as the Sunday magazine of <i>The Philippine Star</i>. Eventually, in 1988, the newspaper added a Sunday issue in response to the demand for news on that day, while continuing its publication of <i>Starweek</i>. Aside from <i>The Philippine Star</i>, Philstar Daily, Inc. also started publishing a Filipino-language tabloid <i>Ang Pilipino Ngayon</i>, which eventually became <i>Pilipino Star Ngayon</i> and its other sister papers <i>Business Star</i> and <i>Evening Star</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soliven_era">Soliven era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Philippine_Star&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Soliven era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the sudden death of Belmonte due to cancer on January 28, 1994, Soliven assumed chairmanship of the Board of Directors while retaining his position as publisher. He appointed Belmonte's 30-year-old son, Miguel Belmonte, as executive vice president. In the same year, the newspaper made use of the slogan "The only paper you read from cover to cover", in keeping with the new editorial policy of improving every single section of the paper so each can stand on its own even without the main news section. On August 4, 1995, <i>The Philippine Star</i> became the first Philippine broadsheet newspaper to publish a colored front page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Miguel_Belmonte_era">Miguel Belmonte era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Philippine_Star&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Miguel Belmonte era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998, the Board of Directors unanimously appointed Miguel Belmonte as president and CEO, while Soliven remained as chairman of the board of directors and publisher. The following year, the newspaper introduced "Hotline 2000", which made use of <a href="/wiki/Short_messaging_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Short messaging service">SMS</a> as a means for <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling" class="mw-redirect" title="Opinion polling">opinion polling</a>, thus becoming a pioneer in <a href="/wiki/Televoting" title="Televoting">televoting</a> in the Philippine print media industry. It was the beginning of other digital endeavors that brought the newspaper to the <a href="/wiki/Information_Age" title="Information Age">Digital Age</a>. In 2000, the newspaper debuted its website, <i>philstar.com</i>, thus becoming one of the first newspapers in the Philippines to have a presence in the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philstar_Global" title="Philstar Global">the website itself</a> would later launched its own editorial team and began publishing news articles independently since 2009). In the same year, the company began using <a href="/wiki/Computer-to-plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer-to-plate">computer-to-plate</a> printing system. In that year too, Miguel's brother, Isaac Belmonte, was appointed editor-in-chief of the newspaper. </p><p>To further expand its readership, <i>The Philippine Star</i> entered into a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Fast_food" title="Fast food">fast food</a> restaurant <a href="/wiki/Jollibee" title="Jollibee">Jollibee</a> in 2003 to become the first newspaper to be distributed free of charge in a fast food restaurant. A complimentary copy of the newspaper was given to Jollibee patrons nationwide for every purchase of a Jollibee <a href="/wiki/Breakfast" title="Breakfast">breakfast meal</a>. </p><p>On August 24, 2004, <i>The Philippine Star</i> acquired <a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City-based</a> English-language newspaper (which is also the longest running newspaper in the city) <i><a href="/wiki/The_Freeman_(newspaper)" title="The Freeman (newspaper)">The Freeman</a></i> and its sister publication, the <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano-language</a> tabloid <i>Banat</i> as part of its strategy to strengthen its presence and influence in the Visayas-Mindanao region. <i>The Freeman</i> is the longest-running broadsheet newspaper in Cebu City, established on May 10, 1919, while <i>Banat</i> was first published on August 23, 1994. Both newspapers are owned by the influential Gullas political family.<sup id="cite_ref-Demecillo_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Demecillo-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Loop_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Loop-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lacamiento_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lacamiento-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The newspaper lost its founding publisher after Soliven died in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, Japan on November 24, 2006. Isaac Belmonte eventually replaced him as publisher and chairman of the editorial board in 2012. Former executive editor Ana Marie "Amy" Pamintuan serves as current editor-in-chief after replacing Isaac Belmonte in 2012. </p><p>Philstar.com began as an online repository of <i>The Philippine Star</i>. In addition to this, however, the website has begun producing its own content and has a separate editorial team. While Philstar Daily Inc. operates the newspaper and social media platforms as well as niche websites, the website is operated by Philstar Global Corp.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acquisition_by_MediaQuest_Holdings">Acquisition by MediaQuest Holdings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Philippine_Star&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Acquisition by MediaQuest Holdings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As early 2009, businessman and <a href="/wiki/PLDT" title="PLDT">PLDT</a> chairman <a href="/wiki/Manuel_V._Pangilinan" class="mw-redirect" title="Manuel V. Pangilinan">Manuel V. Pangilinan</a> had expressed his interest in acquiring a stake in <i>The Philippine Star</i> in a bid to dominate the multimedia industry. The following year, Pangilinan's MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., the media conglomerate of PLDT, acquired a 20-percent stake in the newspaper, as well as an 18-percent stake in its rival <i>Philippine Daily Inquirer</i>. In 2014, MediaQuest finally took control of <i>The Philippine Star</i> after it acquired a majority stake of 51 percent in the newspaper. The Belmonte family retained a 21-percent stake, as well as management and editorial control. MediaQuest chairman Pangilinan has since appointed lawyer Ray Espinosa as chairman of the newspaper's board of directors.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Philippine Star</i> acquired the 76.67-percent stake of Hastings Holdings, Inc. in its sister broadsheet <i><a href="/wiki/BusinessWorld" title="BusinessWorld">BusinessWorld</a></i> in 2015. The transaction was done to enhance to its market leadership and to strengthen <i>BusinessWorld</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> position in the newspaper business.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_columnists">Notable columnists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Philippine_Star&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable columnists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opinion">Opinion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Philippine_Star&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Opinion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Go-Belmonte" title="Betty Go-Belmonte">Betty Go-Belmonte</a>†, journalist and founding chairman of <i>The Philippine Star</i>; wife of former <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines">House Speaker</a> <a href="/wiki/Feliciano_Belmonte,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.">Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louie_Beltran" title="Louie Beltran">Louie Beltran</a>†, journalist and former editor-in-chief of the <i>Philippine Daily Inquirer</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Soliven" title="Max Soliven">Max Soliven</a>†, journalist, founding publisher and former chairman of the Editorial Board of <i>The Philippine Star</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teddy_Benigno" class="mw-redirect" title="Teddy Benigno">Teddy Benigno</a>†, journalist, talk show host and former <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Communications_Group_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Communications Group (Philippines)">Press Secretary</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Corazon_Aquino" title="Corazon Aquino">Corazon Aquino administration</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Lo" title="Ricky Lo">Ricky Lo</a>†, Former entertainment writer, showbiz commentator, and TV host.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernesto_Maceda" title="Ernesto Maceda">Ernesto Maceda</a>†, lawyer, former Philippine ambassador to the US and former <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Senate_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Senate of the Philippines">Senate President</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Sionil_Jos%C3%A9" title="F. Sionil José">F. Sionil José</a>†, writer, novelist and <a href="/wiki/National_Artist_of_the_Philippines" title="National Artist of the Philippines">National Artist of the Philippines</a> for Literature.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Magno_(political_scientist)" title="Alex Magno (political scientist)">Alex Magno</a>, political scientist and academician from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines" title="University of the Philippines">University of the Philippines</a>. He was a former director of the <a href="/wiki/Development_Bank_of_the_Philippines" title="Development Bank of the Philippines">Development Bank of the Philippines</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satur_Ocampo" title="Satur Ocampo">Satur Ocampo</a>, activist, journalist, writer and former <a href="/wiki/Party-list_representation_in_the_House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="Party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines">congressional representative</a> for <a href="/wiki/Bayan_Muna" title="Bayan Muna">Bayan Muna</a> <a href="/wiki/Party-list" class="mw-redirect" title="Party-list">party-list</a> group.</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entertainment">Entertainment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Philippine_Star&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boy_Abunda" title="Boy Abunda">Boy Abunda</a>, television host, publicist, talent manager and celebrity endorser.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joey_de_Leon" title="Joey de Leon">Joey de Leon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comedian" title="Comedian">comedian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Recording_artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Recording artist">recording artist</a> and TV presenter. 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(TV program)">E.A.T.</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepe_Diokno_(director)" title="Pepe Diokno (director)">Pepe Diokno</a>, motion picture director, producer and screenwriter.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lifestyle">Lifestyle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Philippine_Star&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Lifestyle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Yap" title="Tim Yap">Tim Yap</a>, TV and radio host, newspaper editor, creative director, columnist, club owner and eventologist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Tiu" title="Cheryl Tiu">Cheryl Tiu</a>, lifestyle columnist and editor-at-large of <i>Lifestyle Asia</i> magazine.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Torres" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucy Torres">Lucy Torres</a>, actress, model, television host and <a 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Pangilinan">Manuel V. Pangilinan</a></dd> <dt>President and CEO</dt> <dd>Jane J. Basas</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key executives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Jane J. Basas (President and CEO, Cignal TV)</li> <li>Guido R. Zaballero (President and CEO, TV5 Network)</li> <li>Raul Dela Cruz (General Manager, Nation Broadcasting Corporation)</li> <li>Miguel G. 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href="/wiki/Nation_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Nation Broadcasting Corporation">NBC</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TV5_(Philippine_TV_network)" title="TV5 (Philippine TV network)">TV5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DWET-TV" title="DWET-TV">TV5 Manila</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RPTV_(TV_channel)" title="RPTV (TV channel)">RPTV</a><sup>1</sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DZKB-TV" title="DZKB-TV">RPTV 9 Manila</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Sports_(TV_channel)" title="One Sports (TV channel)">One Sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DWNB-TV" title="DWNB-TV">One Sports 41 Manila</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_and_radio_stations_owned_by_TV5_Network" title="List of television and radio stations owned by TV5 Network">Other stations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Freemium / pay television<br />(<a href="/wiki/Cignal_TV" title="Cignal TV">Cignal TV</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BuKo" class="mw-redirect" title="BuKo">BuKo</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_TV_Philippines" title="NBA TV Philippines">NBA TV Philippines</a> (HD)<sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_News_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="One News (Philippines)">One News</a> (HD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_PH" title="One PH">One PH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Sports_(TV_channel)" title="One Sports (TV channel)">One Sports+</a> (HD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PBA_Rush" title="PBA Rush">PBA Rush</a> (HD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sari-Sari_Channel" title="Sari-Sari Channel">Sari-Sari Channel</a><sup>4</sup></li> <li>True TV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UAAP_Varsity_Channel" title="UAAP Varsity Channel">UAAP Varsity Channel</a> (HD)<sup>5</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Overseas television<br />(Pilipinas Global Network)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kapatid_Channel" title="Kapatid Channel">Kapatid Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AksyonTV" title="AksyonTV">AksyonTV International</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Direct_broadcast_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct broadcast satellite">Direct broadcast satellite</a> /<br /> digital TV providers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cignal" title="Cignal">Cignal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SatLite" class="mw-redirect" title="SatLite">SatLite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulit_TV" title="Sulit TV">Sulit TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Philstar Media Group</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Print newspaper</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Banat</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/BusinessWorld" title="BusinessWorld">BusinessWorld</a></i> (70%)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Freeman_(newspaper)" title="The Freeman (newspaper)">The Freeman</a></i></li> <li><i>PM: Pang Masa</i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Philippine Star</a></i> (51%)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pilipino_Star_Ngayon" title="Pilipino Star Ngayon">Pilipino Star Ngayon</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Magazine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>People Asia</i></li> <li><i>Starweek</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Digital media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>G/ST</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philstar_Global" title="Philstar Global">Philstar Global</a> <ul><li>Philstar.com</li> <li><a href="/wiki/InterAksyon" class="mw-redirect" title="InterAksyon">InterAksyon</a></li></ul></li> <li>LatestChika</li> <li>Philippine Star Life</li> <li>Wheels.ph</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Production companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cignal_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Cignal Entertainment">Cignal Entertainment</a></li> <li>Epik Studios</li> <li>Philstar TV</li> <li>UXS (30%) <ul><li>Unitel</li> <li>Straight Shooters</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TVJ_Productions" title="TVJ Productions">TVJ Productions</a> (51%)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Miscellaneous assets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>CineFilipino</li> <li>MQuest Ventures</li> <li>MQ Artists Agency</li> <li>MQ Live</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Corporate social responsibility</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alagang_Kapatid_Foundation" title="Alagang Kapatid Foundation">Alagang Kapatid Foundation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PLDT" title="PLDT">PLDT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>1</sup>Joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Nine_Media_Corporation" title="Nine Media Corporation">Nine Media Corporation</a><br /><sup>2</sup>Joint venture with <a href="/wiki/APT_Entertainment" title="APT Entertainment">APT Entertainment</a><br /><sup>3</sup>Joint venture with <a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a><br /><sup>4</sup>Joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Viva_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Viva Entertainment">Viva Entertainment</a><br /><sup>5</sup>Joint venture with the <a href="/wiki/University_Athletic_Association_of_the_Philippines" title="University Athletic Association of the Philippines">UAAP</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct/former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Cellular" title="Sun Cellular">Sun Cellular</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b>Annual revenue</b>: <a href="/wiki/Philippine_peso" title="Philippine peso">PHP</a> 169.19 billion (<a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">FY</a> 2019) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.pldt.com/docs/default-source/annual-reports/2019/pldt_ar19_fa_1.pdf?sfvrsn=2">[1]</a></li> <li><b>Net income</b>: <a href="/wiki/Philippine_peso" title="Philippine peso">PHP</a> 22.79 billion (<a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">FY</a> 2019) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.pldt.com/docs/default-source/annual-reports/2019/pldt_ar19_fa_1.pdf?sfvrsn=2">[2]</a></li> <li><b>Employees</b>: 18,784 (2019)</li> <li><b>Stock symbol</b>: (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_Stock_Exchange" title="Philippine Stock Exchange">PSE</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pse.com.ph/html/MarketInformation/stockinfo.jsp?securitySymbol=TEL">TEL</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Newspapers/magazines_in_the_Metro_Manila_market" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Manila">Metro Manila</a> market</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small>The market's newspapers and magazines are also sold in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">nationwide</a> market.</small></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Broadsheets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/BusinessMirror" title="BusinessMirror">BusinessMirror</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/BusinessWorld" title="BusinessWorld">BusinessWorld</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Tribune_(Philippines)" title="Daily Tribune (Philippines)">Daily Tribune</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Global_Daily_Mirror" title="Global Daily Mirror">Global Daily Mirror</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Malaya_(newspaper)" title="Malaya (newspaper)">Malaya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manila_Bulletin" title="Manila Bulletin">Manila Bulletin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manila_Standard" title="Manila Standard">Manila Standard</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Daily_Inquirer" title="Philippine Daily Inquirer">Philippine Daily Inquirer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Manila_Times" title="The Manila Times">The Manila Times</a></i></li> <li><i>The Market Monitor</i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Philippine Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_News" title="United News">United News</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tabloids</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Abante" title="Abante">Abante</a></i></li> <li><i>Abante Tonite</i></li> <li><i>Agila ng Bayan</i></li> <li><i>Bagong Sagad Ngayon</i></li> <li><i>Bagong Toro</i></li> <li><i>Balita</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Communications_Group" title="Presidential Communications Group">Balita Central</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inquirer_Bandera" title="Inquirer Bandera">Bandera</a></i></li> <li><i>Bistado</i></li> <li><i>Bulgar</i></li> <li><i>Diaryo Bomba</i></li> <li><i>Hataw</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inquirer_Libre" title="Inquirer Libre">Inquirer Libre</a></i></li> <li><i>Kadyot</i></li> <li><i>People's Balita</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Journal" title="People's Journal">People's Journal</a></i></li> <li><i>People's Tonight</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pilipino_Mirror" title="Pilipino Mirror">Pilipino Mirror</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pilipino_Star_Ngayon" title="Pilipino Star Ngayon">Pilipino Star Ngayon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pinas_(Philippine_newspaper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinas (Philippine newspaper)">Pinas</a></i></li> <li><i>Pinoy Parazzi</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pinoy_Weekly" title="Pinoy Weekly">Pinoy Weekly</a></i></li> <li><i>PM</i></li> <li><i>Police Files Tonite</i></li> <li><i>Remate</i></li> <li><i>Saksi Ngayon</i></li> <li><i>Tempo</i></li> <li><i>The Daily Sun</i></li> <li><i>X-Files</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Magazines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Ating Alamin Gazette</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bannawag" title="Bannawag">Bannawag</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bisaya_Magasin" title="Bisaya Magasin">Bisaya Magasin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hiligaynon_(magazine)" title="Hiligaynon (magazine)">Hiligaynon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Liwayway" title="Liwayway">Liwayway</a></i></li> <li><i>Philippine Panorama</i></li> <li><i>Philippines Graphic</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jeepney_Magazine" title="The Jeepney Magazine">The Jeepney Magazine</a></i></li> <li><i>Women's Journal</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Foreign language broadsheets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Commercial_News" title="Chinese Commercial News">Chinese Commercial News</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manila_Shimbun" title="Manila Shimbun">Manila Shimbun</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_Daily_News_(Philippines)" title="United Daily News (Philippines)">United Daily News</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/World_News_(newspaper)" title="World News (newspaper)">World News</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="Online-only_newspapers_and_news_portals_in_the_Metro_Manila_market"><b>Online-only newspapers and news portals in the <a href="/wiki/Metro_Manila" title="Metro Manila">Metro Manila</a> market</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Newspapers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Manila Seoul</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SunStar_Manila" title="SunStar Manila">SunStar Manila</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">News portals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bilyonaryo" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilyonaryo">Bilyonaryo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Politiko_(website)" title="Politiko (website)">Politiko</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NewsWatch_Plus" title="NewsWatch Plus">NewsWatch Plus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rappler" title="Rappler">Rappler</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="Defunct_newspapers/magazines_in_the_Metro_Manila_market"><b>Defunct newspapers/magazines in the <a href="/wiki/Metro_Manila" title="Metro Manila">Metro Manila</a> market</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Broadsheets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Ang Kaibigan ng Bayan</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bulaklak_Magazine" title="Bulaklak Magazine">Bulaklak Magazine</a></i></li> <li><i>Business Star</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diario_de_Manila" title="Diario de Manila">Diario de Manila</a></i></li> <li><i>Diario Filipino</i></li> <li><i>Diario Uno</i></li> <li><i>El Debate</i></li> <li><i>Evening Star</i></li> <li><i>Kabayan</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Ilustraci%C3%B3n_Filipina" title="La Ilustración Filipina">La Ilustración Filipina</a></i></li> <li><i>La Vanguardia</i></li> <li><i>La Voz de Manila</i></li> <li><i>Mabuhay</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manila_Chronicle" title="Manila Chronicle">Manila Chronicle</a></i></li> <li><i>Manila Meteor</i></li> <li><i>Midday</i></li> <li><i>Philippine Daily Globe</i></li> <li><i>Philippine Herald</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Philippines_Daily_Express" title="Philippines Daily Express">Philippines Daily Express</a></i></li> <li><i>Pilipino Star</i></li> <li><i>Taliba</i></li> <li><i>The Daily Globe</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fookien_Times" title="The Fookien Times">The Fookien Times</a></i></li> <li><i>The Philippine Chronicle</i></li> <li><i>The Philippine Journal</i></li> <li><i>The Philippine Post</i></li> <li><i>The Tribune</i></li> <li><i>Times Journal</i></li> <li><i>Today</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tabloids</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Bagong Tiktik</i></li> <li><i>Balita sa Hapon</i></li> <li><i>Banat</i></li> <li><i>Bosero</i></li> <li><i>Headline</i></li> <li><i>Imbestigador</i></li> <li><i>Metro Times</i></li> <li><i>Opinyon</i></li> <li><i>People's Monitor</i></li> <li><i>Pinoy Times</i></li> <li><i>Remate Tonight</i></li> <li><i>RP Daily Exposé</i></li> <li><i>Sikat</i></li> <li><i>Taliba</i></li> <li><i>Tanod</i></li> <li><i>Toro</i></li> <li><i>Tumbok</i></li> <li><i><a 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