The Jordan Times is an English-language daily newspaper based in Amman, Jordan.[2]
 The front page of The Jordan Times on Sunday 31 October 2010 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Jordan Press Foundation |
| Publisher | Jordan Press Foundation |
| Editor | Mohammad Ghazal |
| Founded | 1975 [1] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Amman |
| Sister newspapers | Al Ra'i |
| Website | www |
History
editEstablished 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
editThe 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
editNotable 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.[3]
- George Hawatmeh, founder of the Arab Media Institute. Former editor-in-chief.[3]
- 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.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Adam Jones (1999). "The Jordanian Media System: Broad Outlines". Free Servers. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ Guardian Staff (5 February 2002). "World news guide: Middle East". The Guardian.
- ^ 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. S2CID 144187763.
- ^ Randa Habib (Fall 2011). "In Jordan, Some Threats Against a Foreign Journalist are Realized". Nieman Reports. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
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