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The ''Express & Star'' is the biggest-selling regional evening newspaper in Britain. Founded in 1889, it is based in Wolverhampton, England, and covers the West Midlands and Staffordshire, including the Black Country. Currently edited by Keith Harrison, the ''Express & Star'' publishes five editions a day Monday to Friday and one edition on a Saturday. In 2007 the newspaper had a daily circulation of 174,989.〔http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2007/news/increased-sales-for-half-of-all-regional-press-titles/〕 but by June 2014 this had fallen to 73,473.〔http://www.abc.org.uk〕 It features a mix of regional and national news and has a strong following for its sports coverage of association football, particularly local teams Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion. The ''Express & Star'' is one of the few independent newspapers still operating in the UK, having been under the continuous ownership of the Graham family almost since its inception. It is owned by the Midland News Association (MNA), which also owns the ''Shropshire Star'' newspaper. In January 2013 editor Adrian Faber announced his decision to step down after 11 years at the ''Express & Star''. He was replaced by ''Shropshire Star'' editor Keith Harrison in April 2013. ==History== The origins of the ''Express & Star'' lie in the ''Evening Star'' – a liberal newspaper founded in Wolverhampton in 1880 as a rival to the existing conservative ''Evening Express'', itself founded in 1874. In 1882 the ''Star'' was bought by wealthy Scottish-American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, encouraged by his friend and fellow Dunfermline-born liberal (and by then prominent Wolverhampton councillor) Thomas Graham. The combination of Carnegie's finance and Graham's organisational ability saw the paper flourish and within two years the ''Star'' had taken over the ''Express'' under the editorship of another Dunfermline native, editor Andrew Meikle. The combined newspaper adopted its current name in 1889. Carnegie severed his links with the paper and its parent company the Midland News Association in 1902, leaving Graham in full control until his death in 1909. The following decades saw a steady expansion under Graham's descendants, with the paper's influence spreading out from its native Wolverhampton to cover the entire Black Country. An office in Birmingham was opened and later closed, although a Birmingham edition is still produced from Wolverhampton. The 21st century saw a drop in circulation and advertising revenues, in common with most other newspapers, leading to the company shedding around 50 jobs through a voluntary redundancy scheme in April 2006, with further cuts announced in January 2007. Since October 2011 all editions of the paper have been printed at the company's plant in Ketley, Telford, Shropshire. Former printing plants in West Bromwich and Wolverhampton were closed in 2009 and 2011. In April 2011 the ''Express & Star'' introduced paid-for access to selected online content – including photo galleries, football match analysis and traffic and travel – under the banner of ''Express & Star 24''. A print, online and smartphone package was offered for £2.34 a week, which included delivery of the newspaper. However, the paywall was scrapped after just nine months.〔http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/news/midlands-daily-scraps-online-paywall-after-nine-months〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Express & Star」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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