Al Jazirah (newspaper)

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; 64 years ago (1960)
Political alignmentConservative and pro-Islamic; pro-government
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersRiyadh
Sister newspapersAl Masaiya
WebsiteAl Jazirah

Al Jazirah (Arabic: الجزيرة; The Island)[1] 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.[2]

The paper is published in broadsheet format[3] with 48 pages, both colour and black and white contents.[4][5] It has more than thirty national and international branches.[6]

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  2. ^ Anders Jerichow (1998). The Saudi File: People, Power, Politics. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-312-21520-0.
  3. ^ "Saudi publisher Al-Jazirah embarks on vast Goss Lifetime Support project". Goss International. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  4. ^ Anthony Shoult (2006). Doing Business with Saudi Arabia. GMB Publishing Ltd. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-905050-67-3.
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  6. ^ "The press in Saudi Arabia". BBC News. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2012.