Al Jazirah (newspaper)

Al Jazirah (Arabic: الجزيرة; The Island) is a daily Arabic newspaper published in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Its sister newspaper is Al Masaiya, which is the only afternoon newspaper in the country with limited influence and readership.

Al Jazirah
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Mutlaq bin Abdullah
Founder(s)Abdullah Ibn Khamis
PublisherAl Jazirah Corporation for Press, Printing and Publishing
Editor-in-chiefKhalid bin Hamd Al Malik
Founded1960 (1960)
Political alignmentConservative and pro-Islamic; pro-government
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersRiyadh
Sister newspapersAl Masaiya
WebsiteAl Jazirah

The paper is published in broadsheet format with 48 pages, both colour and black and white contents. It has more than thirty national and international branches.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.