The Jordan Times
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Jordan Press Foundation |
Publisher | Jordan Press Foundation |
Editor | Samir Barhoum |
Founded | 1975 [1] |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Amman |
Sister newspapers | Al Ra'i |
Website | Official website |
The Jordan Times is an English-language daily newspaper based in Amman, Jordan.
History[]
Established in 1975,[1] The Jordan Times is owned by the Jordan Press Foundation, a shareholding company which also runs the Arabic-language daily Al Ra'i, the Kingdom's best-selling newspaper.[citation needed]
The Jordan Press Foundation has been majority government-owned since its inception, but it is unclear how much the government's stake has fallen since 2000, when a plan to sell some of the Foundation's shares was announced. The Jordan Times maintains editorial independence from its sister daily Al Ra'i.[citation needed]
Content and profile[]
The newspaper includes two main sections:
- News: Covers local, regional, and world news, and includes subsections on business and sports.
- Opinions: Features opinion commentary and analysis by Jordanian, Arab, and international writers.
The paper's website was the 31st most visited website in the Arab world in 2013.[citation needed]
Alumni[]
Notable journalists who have worked at The Jordan Times include:
- Rami George Khouri, journalist and commentator on the Middle East. Former editor-in-chief.
- Jill Carroll, Christian Science Monitor reporter kidnapped in Iraq. Former reporter.
- Marwan Muasher, former minister of information. Former editor-in-chief.[2]
- , founder of the . Former editor-in-chief.[2]
- Ayman Safadi, Jordan's foreign minister. Former deputy prime minister and editor-in-chief.
From the 1980s to 2011 veteran journalist Randa Habib had a weekly column in The Times which was stopped by the paper's management.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Adam Jones (1999). "The Jordanian Media System: Broad Outlines". Free Servers. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Najjar, Orayb Aref (1998). "The Ebb and Flow of the Liberalization of the Jordanian Press: 1985−1997". Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. 75 (127): 127–142. doi:10.1177/107769909807500113.
- ^ Randa Habib (Fall 2011). "In Jordan, Some Threats Against a Foreign Journalist are Realized". Nieman Reports. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- 1976 establishments in Jordan
- Publications established in 1976
- English-language newspapers published in Arab countries
- Newspapers published in Jordan
- Mass media in Amman