Yediot Ahronot
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Front page dated 31 March 1940
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Yedioth Ahronoth Group |
| Founder(s) | Gershom Komarov |
| Publisher | Arnon Mozes |
| Editor | Ron Yaron |
| Founded | 11 December 1939 |
| Political alignment | Centre-left |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Headquarters | 138 Begin Rd., Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Country | Israel |
| Circulation | 300,000 weekdays 600,000 weekends |
| Sister newspapers | Calcalist |
| Website | www |
Yedioth Ahronoth (Hebrew: ידיעות אחרונות, pronounced [jedi'ot aχaˈronot]; lit. Latest News) is a national daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 1939 in Mandatory Palestine, the Yedioth Ahronoth has been for many years the largest newspaper in Israel by sales and circulation.
Yedioth Ahronoth was established in 1939 by an investor named Gershom Komarov. It was the first evening paper in the British Mandate of Palestine, and attempted to emulate the format of the London Evening Standard. Running into financial difficulties, Komarov sold the paper to Yehuda Mozes, a wealthy land dealer who regarded the paper as an interesting hobby and a long-term financial investment. His sons, Reuben and Noah ran the paper with Noah as the first managing editor.
In 1948, a large group of journalists and staff members led by chief editor Ezriel Carlebach left to form Yedioth Maariv, later known as Maariv. Carlebach was replaced by Herzl Rosenblum. This began an ongoing battle for circulation and prestige between the rival newspapers, which peaked during the 1990s when both papers were discovered to have bugged one another's phones.
As of 2017, the paper is headed by Noah Mozes's son, Arnon Mozes. For many years it was edited by Herzl Rosenblum's son, Moshe Vardi, who was replaced in 2005 by Rafi Ginat. It is published in tabloid format, and according to one author, its marketing strategy emphasizes "drama and human interest over sophisticated analysis." It has been described as "undoubtedly the country's number-one paper." The paper is open to a wide range of political views.
It is owned by the Yedioth Ahronoth Group, which also owns stocks in several Israeli companies, such as "Channel 2", a commercial television channel; "Hot", the Cable TV company; "Yedioth Tikshoret", a group of weekly local newspapers; Vesti, a Russian language newspaper; magazines, such as the weekly TV guide magazine Pnai Plus and weekly women's magazine La'Isha; and other non-media companies. Shilo De-Beer was promoted to editor in April 2007.
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