Newstar

   

Newstar

Editor-in-chief	Lilian Phan
Categories	News magazine
Frequency	Weekly (Fridays)
Total circulation (2022)	2.4 million
First issue	June 9, 1926 (1926-06-09)
Company	Newstar Inc. (1926–1986) Media Corporation (1986–present)
Country	Kingdom of Sierra
Based in	San Francisco City
Language	English
Website	newstar.com

Newstar (stylized all caps) is a Sierran news magazine and news website published and based in San Francisco City. It is published weekly on Fridays and has been owned by Media Corporation since 1986. It features articles reporting in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business, economics, culture, the arts, cooking, religion, technology, and science.

The website's executive editor is David Sandoval and the editor-in-chief is Lilian Phan. In addition to its Anglo-American edition, it publishes three other international editions: Newstar Europe (published in London), Newstar Asia (published in Manila), and Newstar Global (published in San Francisco City with greater emphasis on international politics and interest stories in comparison to the Anglo-American edition). Its editorial stance has been described variously as conservative, right-libertarian, right-wing, paleolibertarian, and paleoconservative.

Controversies

In 2021, Porciúncula Times reported that the Brazilian government had attained undue influence over the decisions of the Newstar editorial board. Three board members were found to have substantial economic interests with the Brazilian state, including personal connections with then-Leader of the Opposition Miguel Inácio Dino, as well as members of the Brazilian imperial family. The Times further alleged that the Brazilian government had made illegal contributions to the magazine and helped fuel alarmist, conspiracist coverage surrounding the Caribbean diplomatic crisis at the time.

In October 2023, the Newstar headquarters in San Francisco City received death threats from the local Antimo, which desired to "evict" the publication from the city, and was the subject of high-profile confrontational standoffs outside its building, which led to a number of arrests. In retaliation, Ernie Gonzalez, a Newstar writer, took out classified ads which publicly revealed the full names, addresses, and personal phone numbers of alleged Antimo members, and had them placed on billboards and trucks throughout the Bay Area region. Gonzalez was subsequently fired for doxing and acting independently of the publication.

See also

• List of magazines in the Kingdom of Sierra