Al Jazirah (newspaper)
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Mutlaq bin Abdullah |
| Founder(s) | Al Jazirah Corporation for Press, Printing and Publishing |
| Publisher | Al Jazirah Corporation for Press, Printing and Publishing |
| Editor-in-chief | Khalid bin Hamd Al Malik |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Political alignment | Conservative and pro-Islamic; pro-government |
| Language | Arabic |
| Headquarters | Riyadh |
| Circulation | 123,097 (January–June 2013) |
| Sister newspapers | Al Masaiya |
| Website | Al Jazirah |
Al Jazirah (in Arabic الجزيرة meaning The Peninsula) is a daily Arabic newspaper published in Saudi Arabia. Its sister newspaper is Al Masaiya, is the only afternoon newspaper in the country with limited influence and readership.
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.
Al Jazirah was established in 1960 by Al Jazirah Corporation. The chairman of the newspaper is Mutlaq bin Abdullah.Othman Al Omeir who currently owns the liberal Arabic e-newspaper Elaph was a member of the paper's board of directors. Furthermore, he was a sport correspondent in the early 1970s and later, London correspondent of the paper. In 1977, Abdel Rahman Al Rashid was appointed editor-in-chief of the daily, who also served as a correspondent and later as its Washington bureau chief from 1981 to 1985. The current editor-in-chief of the newspaper is Khalid bin Hamd Al Malik.
Al Jazirah is considered by Anti-defamation League as very conservative as well as pro-Islamic. The paper is also described as pro-government.
The paper is said to have a limited circulation and is not widespread in contrast to the other Saudi papers. However, it is widely distributed in Saudi Arabia and in other Arab and European countries.Global Investment House reported the market share of the paper as around 6.0% in November 2009. In 2008, Al Jazirah became the first Saudi daily which reported its subscription numbers and sales. It is also the first Saudi newspaper to announce its circulation figures quoting the National Distribution Company, a third party company owned equally by Saudi newspapers. The paper underwent its first circulation audit in November 2009.
Al Jazirah had a circulation of 85,000 copies in 2001. The daily's circulation was given as 93,000 by Western media observers in 2002. The estimated circulation of the paper in 2003 was 80,000 copies. Its 2007 circulation figure is given to be 110,000 by World Association of Newspapers. The confirmed circulation of the paper is reported to be more than 131,000 copies in June 2008. The circulation of the daily, which was confirmed by the BPA, was 125,415 copies for the last six months of 2011. For the first six-month period of 2013 the paper had a circulation of 123,097 copies.
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