Muscat Daily
The front page of Muscat Daily on February 28, 2011 announcing the riots in Sohar and the police action afterwards in which two people were killed and 35 injured
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Apex Press and Publishing |
| Publisher | Saleh Zakwani |
| Staff writers | 27 |
| Founded | October 10, 2009 |
| Political alignment | Centrist |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | CBD, Ruwi, Muscat |
| Circulation | 24,804 daily (Sat-Wed) |
| ISSN | 2075-1575 |
| Website | www.muscatdaily.com |
Muscat Daily is an Omani newspaper that was founded in 2009. The print edition of Muscat Daily is the largest-selling English daily in Oman with nearly 33,000 copies sold every day on Omani weekdays (Saturday to Wednesday). The paper does not have a weekend edition currently. Muscat Daily is owned by Apex Press and Publishing, a leading Omani publishing company which publishes several other titles including the hugely popular TheWeek, Business Today, Oman Today, Usrat Al Youm, Al Isbou'a, Business Directory and Tribute. Apex also does occasional projects like the Map of Oman, Apex Map of Muscat, The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque coffee table book etc. Apex Press and Publishing was founded in 1980 by Omani businessman Saleh Zakwani, who is also the current chairman of the company.
The newspaper celebrated its first anniversary on October 13. Muscat Daily is accessible online at muscatdaily.com.
Editorial content is generated by an in-house team of reporters and writers in the case of Oman news. International news is sourced from a variety of newswires including The New York Times Syndicate and News Service, BBC, dpa, TMS Features, IANS, Asian News Network. The paper runs crosswords provided by The Guardian.
The newspaper is organized in two sections. Section 1 is the main section with 20 pages containing Oman (National) news, Regional and World news, Op-Ed and Sports. Section 2 has Business, Crosswords, Sudoku puzzles, quiz questions and a Features section. On Wednesdays, TheWeek newspaper is delivered home to Muscat Daily subscribers as weekend reading.
The newspaper which features a bright tulip orange and black theme was designed by its creative director, Benoite Lopes, in a seven column format. The design has received favorable reviews at design workshops run by WAN-IFRA the biggest association of publishers in the world. Muscat Daily is still not a full colour paper as it is printed at the Omani government-owned Oman Observer press.
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