Irish Daily Star to shut?

bbuzz

Apparently Richard Desmond is trying to shut down the Irish Daily Star beacuse of the Kate Middleton photos.

http://news.sky.com/story/985366/newspaper-boss-anger-over-topless-kate-photos

Can't see Denis O'Brien and Tony O'Reilly taking this lying down...

Fenian Army

I dont know which I hate more, "royalty" or rags like the star.

Hopefully both will fcuk off

the_syco

Where was she prancing around topless?

mikemac1

Should have been shut down over a decade ago when they used a photo of motorcycle legend Joey Dunlop lying dead on the ground.

When the 10 year anniversary came around posters over in motorsport forum still remembered the Star and what they did

UKJon

Fenian Army wrote: »

I dont know which I hate more, "royalty" or rags like the star.

Hopefully both will fcuk off

Probably think the photos will play well in Ireland but Northern & Shell don't want the stick in Britian so are claiming nothing to do with it.

Unless The Irish Daily Star isn't profitable and they're after an excuss to close it down?

Yamanoto

Doubt the Star would disappear, though the current arrangement between the parties involved in its publication may be in jeopardy.

To us KM is merely another celeb and as such, our editors shouldn't tip-toe or give special dispensation to the royals.

Company chairman Richard Desmond said: "I am very angry at the decision to publish these photographs and am taking immediate steps to close down the joint venture."

mikom

The face that launched a thousand ships.

The tits that sank a thousand publications.

super_furry

Such staggering hypocrisy. It's ok to torture celebrities by following their every waking moment and taking pictures of them in some of the most vulnerable moments of their life but if someone does it to one of their untouchables, that's crossing the line.

UKJon

Yamanoto wrote: »

Doubt the Star would disappear, though the current arrangement between the parties involved in its publication may be in jeopardy.

To us KM is merely another celeb and as such, our editors shouldn't tip-toe or give special dispensation to the royals.

Company chairman Richard Desmond said: "I am very angry at the decision to publish these photographs and am taking immediate steps to close down the joint venture."

I have heard it said Desmond would quite like a knighthood. Hence his iffy charity lottery venture. Would explain why he's so 'angry'.

Solair

While the publication of the photos was fairly tasteless, I think this is a total over-reaction by this company which is only a partial owner / shareholder.

Basically, we've a foreign company dictating editorial policy to an Irish news outlet by threatening it with financial destruction.

We have a Press Council and complaints can be made there.

The Irish Daily Star is not my cup of tea, but it actually does some pretty serious stories and does them quite well, particularly in areas like crime reporting and it was quite strong on holding the Government to account last time around too when it came to calling time on the FF / Greens.

The same shareholders wouldn't think twice if this were some kind of non-Royal celeb being tortured by the press.

While I've no time for this kind of voyeurism, putting a large number of journalists, sales people, and others out of a job over an editorial call that went a bit wrong is crazy stuff.

It'd be like suggesting that RTE should have been shut down over the recent editorial screwup!

Tabloids run with pretty tasteless stories all the time. Just because this tasteless story hit a royal nerve seems to now create a situation where we are getting EXTREME commercial censorship.

If you're an owner of tabloid media outlets, you can hardly take this kind of high and mighty attitude when one runs with something like this.

Latchy

mikemac1 wrote: »

Should have been shut down over a decade ago when they used a photo of motorcycle legend Joey Dunlop lying dead on the ground.

When the 10 year anniversary came around posters over in motorsport forum still remembered the Star and what they did

Like the sun newspaper when it published the front page picture of those two young sisters and other fans squashed up against the fence at Hillsborough and suffocating ,with no hope of been saved .It's one thing to hear your daughters have died at a football match but to see the horror of their gruesome deaths up close and splashed all over the front page of some rag is beyond any shred of decency .

RGDATA!

i wonder if the mods still consider this a tedious non-story? or can we discuss it?

AnonoBoy

When a star is born dies.

latenia

Lol at Desmond trying to claim the high moral ground. The man made his fortune publishing pictures of t1ts.

squod

Over reacting. Bit like those d1ckheads in the middle east.

Guy:Incognito

squod wrote: »

Over reacting. Bit like those d1ckheads in the middle east.

They probably wont murder anyone though.

Le_Dieux

the_syco wrote: »

Where was she prancing around topless?

What does it matter? It's HER business, nobody elses. Am an anti royalist, but sure respect an individual's right to privacy.

Fcuk the star, no better a rag than the other tabloids.

force eleven

Once you've seen one set of boobs, you've seen them all. At least, so my wife says.

Aidric

Both owners now distancing themselves from the decision to publish the photos. The Editor is a gonner.

Latchy

Just like the Harrygate goes naked photo and....

Harrygate ,the focus for yesterdays Taliban attack ( which killed 3 soldiers )

''Kate goes Tits Up ''is just part of the pattern of Royalty making the news again for all the wrong reasons .

wonderfulname

Out of curiosity does anyone else see the argument here that publishing the pictures at a time when Middleton is making official visits to highly conservative countries is very irresponsible journalism? I don't see it as hypocritical that people would take issue with these pictures and not similar ones of celebrities, provided there's more to their reasoning than "but she's a royal" that is.

magicbastarder

the editor was interviewed on drivetime yesterday, and defended (poorly) his decision to publish the photos. he came across as a complete turd; refused to acknowledge that the only reason the pics were published was because there was tits involved. no sympathy for him whatsoever, but i bet his staff are gunning for him.

Richard Hillman

The Star is like a mix between Heat and Nuts Magazines with a fictional sports section.

The 2nd most important story of the day was a made up story about Georgia Salpa (A Daily Star employee) getting a Playboy contract. The Sun and The Herald rightfully get a bad rep but IMO the Star is the worst of the lot. It is just trash made for morons.

mfceiling

As i posted in another thread....


British Press 2012 - outrage at pictures of kate topless being printed

British Press 2011 - constant pictures of kate's sisters arse

mikom

mfceiling wrote: »

As i posted in another thread....


British Press 2012 - outrage at pictures of kate topless being printed

British Press 2011 - constant pictures of kate's sisters arse

So 2011 = covered arse shots.

2012 = tit shots.

Fanny has to be getting close.

PizzamanIRL

Why are people obsessed with that Kate one? She's grown up with a silver spoon in her mouth, hasn't done anything to earn respect.

kowloon

Don't they take pictures of celebrities on the beach and the likes all the time? I don't see how this is anymore of a scandal than any of the previous times. Tabloids exist for this type of muck and their sports section. Some strangely misplaced outrage here.

Poor Uncle Tom

mikom wrote: »

So 2011 = covered arse shots.

2012 = tit shots.

Fanny has to be getting close.

Need a biology lesson?

mike65

super_furry wrote: »

Such staggering hypocrisy. It's ok to torture celebrities by following their every waking moment and taking pictures of them in some of the most vulnerable moments of their life but if someone does it to one of their untouchables, that's crossing the line.

Are you talking about Celebrity Big Brother? They get paid for that you know!

snaps

mfceiling wrote: »

As i posted in another thread....


British Press 2012 - outrage at pictures of kate topless being printed

British Press 2011 - constant pictures of kate's sisters arse

There's a line that's been crossed here, royal or no royal. At the end of the day, they are normal people, they deserve time where they should be allowed to do things any other person would at their age etc. If she was on a public beach, then yes, slap her all over the tabloids, but pictures taken like these are a disgrace. The press need to be brought down a peg or two now, enough is enough.
If a couple can't have some privacy for time to themselves away from the press, then its a sad world we live.
I'm not bothered about the royals, but actually feel disgusted what's happened to Kate and her family, end of the day they are just a married couple, trying to enjoy life together.

Oarrack Bama

No fan of tabloids BUT believe me the British press are such hypocrites. They would post nude pictures of foreign heads of state in an instant - but they won't their own. They are all ethical now eh? Also "porn king" Desmond has a crisis of concious over this. That's hilarious.


I hope it is not shut down for the simple reason, as has been pointed out, are we to allow the British to decide editorial stances here and what we can read in our own country!?

Hope Denis O'Brien keeps it going - not because I like it, I despise it - but because I don't think we should be kow toeing to what the British press want.

GSF

Oarrack Bama wrote: »

No fan of tabloids BUT believe me the British press are such hypocrites. They would post nude pictures of foreign heads of state in an instant - but they won't their own. They are all ethical now eh? Also "porn king" Desmond has a crisis of concious over this. That's hilarious.


I hope it is not shut down for the simple reason, as has been pointed out, are we to allow the British to decide editorial stances here and what we can read in our own country!?

Hope Denis O'Brien keeps it going - not because I like it, I despise it - but because I don't think we should be kow toeing to what the British press want.

Nothing stopping you buying the title then so!

Cavehill Red

Dozens of Irish jobs are set to be lost all because one tasteless gimp decided to reprint some blurry pics of some English bint's baps.
Why not replace the editor and move along if this is deemed so heinous a crime to a man (Richard Desmond) who made his entire fortune publishing blurry pictures of English bints' baps?
Why must the Irish media suffer the loss of another national newspaper for the sensitivities of a porn magnate seeking a knighthood?

GSF

It is profitable. Desmonds share will be sold to another buyer if he exits

http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-daily-star-records-e4-3m-operating-profit-218764-Sep2011/

€4m annual profit in 2010. Pays dividends to share holders. 50% share would be worth probably €20m ish?

Cavehill Red

GSF wrote: »

It is profitable. Desmonds share will be sold to another buyer if he exits

http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-daily-star-records-e4-3m-operating-profit-218764-Sep2011/

€4m annual profit in 2010. Pays dividends to share holders. 50% share would be worth probably €20m ish?

It is profitable but not as profitable as previously. There have been rumours of imminent cuts there for months. This will come down to Denis and whether he wants to keep it going or not.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Anyone who bought the Star for blurry nude pics of Kate middleton should be sent for mandatory therapy. As should the guy who thought it would sometime of interest to an irish person.

Seanchai

snaps wrote: »

There's a line that's been crossed here, royal or no royal. At the end of the day, they are normal people, they deserve time where they should be allowed to do things any other person would at their age etc. If she was on a public beach, then yes, slap her all over the tabloids, but pictures taken like these are a disgrace. The press need to be brought down a peg or two now, enough is enough.
If a couple can't have some privacy for time to themselves away from the press, then its a sad world we live.
I'm not bothered about the royals, but actually feel disgusted what's happened to Kate and her family, end of the day they are just a married couple, trying to enjoy life together.

Em, they're not, unless it's normal for "normal people" to have their lives followed. Of course, they could always abdicate their right to the (anti-Catholic) British crown if they hate the publicity and go off and work like "normal people" and have private lives like ordinary people. They chose not to do that. They chose to keep their life of lazy-arsed status and privilege. Ergo, they're not victims.

squod

Will get relaunched as the Stor. Exclusive interviews with rugby stars and Irish celebs. Nothside version will be called Story

The Idyll Race

GSF wrote: »

It is profitable. Desmonds share will be sold to another buyer if he exits

http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-daily-star-records-e4-3m-operating-profit-218764-Sep2011/

€4m annual profit in 2010. Pays dividends to share holders. 50% share would be worth probably €20m ish?

How about this?

Desmond sells his half to the Irish Times and they relaunch it as the old Evening Mail: it was a posh evening paper for "nice" people

Boobies optional.

Dotsie~tmp

The only hypocrisy is from those who purchase these gutter publications. If someone came sneaking over your fence and took naked pictures, you would rightfully call the guards and want them arrested. There is an expectation of privacy behind closed doors.

The royals are unsympathetic figures but if you allow their rights to privacy in private settings to be diminished then all others will follow. There can be no public interest agument either. They are husband and wife.

Seanchai

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Dozens of Irish jobs are set to be lost all because one tasteless gimp decided to reprint some blurry pics of some English bint's baps.
Why not replace the editor and move along if this is deemed so heinous a crime to a man (Richard Desmond) who made his entire fortune publishing blurry pictures of English bints' baps?
Why must the Irish media suffer the loss of another national newspaper for the sensitivities of a porn magnate seeking a knighthood?

It's not a "national newspaper" in Ireland. It's the Oirish version of yet another British tabloid "national newspaper".

And to be honest the sort of jobs lost in that British tabloid rag would hardly be occupied by classy, intelligent and decent people. To lament its demise would be akin to lamenting the closure of the Sunday Independent and the unemployment of O'Connor, Harris, Myers, Dudley Edwards, etc.

I await such happy days.

Jay D

Isn't that paper written for people with a reading ability of 7 year olds?

Only retards read it. Anyone who'll miss it is a sad individual. Although I doubt it's going anywhere.

Seanchai

Dotsie~tmp wrote: »

The only hypocrisy is from those who purchase these gutter publications.

In fairness, the Desmond guy who is claiming he'll pull out of owning this newspaper on moral and ethical grounds made his fortune selling porn. That counts as hypocrisy in the eyes of most people, I'd say.

gobnaitolunacy

One less colouring book for adults/emergency bog roll.

vitani

kowloon wrote: »

Don't they take pictures of celebrities on the beach and the likes all the time? I don't see how this is anymore of a scandal than any of the previous times. Tabloids exist for this type of muck and their sports section. Some strangely misplaced outrage here.

There's a massive difference between taking a photo of someone on a public beach and taking them of somebody in a private estate. There's laws against what they did for a reason.

fionnsda

so have you all seen her tits then!

Cavehill Red

Seanchai wrote: »

It's not a "national newspaper" in Ireland. It's the Oirish version of yet another British tabloid "national newspaper".

No, you're entirely wrong. Unlike the Irish Mirror or Irish Sun, or Irish Daily Mail or Irish Sunday Times for that matter, the Irish Daily Star generates all its own content here in Ireland with Irish journalists.

Seanchai wrote: »

And to be honest the sort of jobs lost in that British tabloid rag would hardly be occupied by classy, intelligent and decent people. To lament its demise would be akin to lamenting the closure of the Sunday Independent and the unemployment of O'Connor, Harris, Myers, Dudley Edwards, etc.
I await such happy days.

You celebrate the loss of Irish jobs. I guess you just lost the right to claim the 'classy' high ground right there.

vitani

Seanchai wrote: »

In fairness, the Desmond guy who is claiming he'll pull out of owning this newspaper on moral and ethical grounds made his fortune selling porn. That counts as hypocrisy in the eyes of most people, I'd say.

People who appear in porn choose to do so, and get paid for it. Kate didn't.

Wee Willy Harris

We're all stars, on a daily basis

dave1982

PICS OR GTFO:D:D:D:D


boards.ie would probably <Snip> :rolleyes:


http://maxfarquar.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/kate-william-balcony-BJ.gif


Awaits MI5's arrival

Wanderer2010

Who the hell cares if her pics are published, people out there are trying to put food on the table and pay their bills and if you have enough time to care about these topless photos you must have an empty life. I mean, a bit of perspective here, there are much more important things going on in the world than what some Princess does with her spare time :rolleyes: