Al Alam Al Youm

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Al Alam Al Youm
TypeSix times per week
Owner(s)Gn4me Holding Company
Founder(s)Yasser Thabet
Emad Adeeb
Founded1991; 30 years ago (1991)
Political alignmentIndependent
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersCairo
Sister newspapers

Al Alam Al Youm (in Arabic العالم اليوم meaning The World Today in English)[1] is an Arabic business newspaper published in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first private specialized independent paper of the country.

History and profile[]

Al Alam Al Youm, based in Cairo, was launched in 1991 as a first business newspaper in Egypt.[2][3] In addition, it is the first privately owned independent newspaper of the country.[3] Yasser Thabet and Emad Adeeb are the founders of the paper.[4][5][6]

The owner of the paper is Good New 4Me Holding Company which also owns , another newspaper.[7][8] Emad Adeeb is the chairman[9] and Lamis Elhadidy is the chief executive officer of the paper.[10]

It is published six times per week[3] and focuses on business news in relation to Egypt, the Middle East and the other parts of the world.[2][11] The paper also offers financial analyses.[7] Its target audiences include opinion leaders, businesswomen and men, and decision-makers at multinational and private companies.[10] The paper has offices in Paris, London, Geneva, Bonn, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Morocco, and Beirut.[2] It publishes an Egyptian edition and a Gulf region edition.[10]

In 2003, the approximate number of its readers was 650,000[3] and the circulation was 15,000 copies.[12] The 2005 circulation of the paper was 35,000 copies.[13]

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References[]

  1. ^ Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Walter de Gruyter. 2007. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-11-093004-7.
  2. ^ a b c "Al Alam Al Youm". City Scape Egypt. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d African Media and ICT4D: Documentary Evidence: a Baseline Study on the State of Media Reporting on ICT and Information Society Issues in Africa. United Nations Publications. 2003. p. 32. ISBN 978-92-1-125088-6.
  4. ^ "Yasser Thabet". Institute for Cultural Diplomacy. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  5. ^ Andrew Hammond (2005). Pop Culture Arab World!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-85109-449-3.
  6. ^ "Senior Management". Good News Media Group. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b Divisions Archived 27 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine Artoc. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  8. ^ Media Landscape Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Menassat. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  9. ^ Mohammad Abdel Rahman (2 February 2012). "Emad el-Din Adeeb: The Return of "Citizen Mubarak"". Al Akhbar. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  10. ^ a b c "Muslim Women: Past and Present". WISE. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  11. ^ "AppliTek featured in Egyptian business newspaper Al Alam Al Youm". AppliTek. 26 May 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  12. ^ William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6.
  13. ^ "Zoellick's visit to Egypt (July 13–14)". Wikileaks. 18 July 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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