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Most of the early newspapers in the Persian Gulf region were established in Saudi Arabia. [1] The first newspaper founded in the country and in the Persian Gulf area is Al Fallah, which was launched in Mecca in 1920. [1] All of the newspapers published in Saudi Arabia are privately owned. [2]
Al Riyadh has also an English-website which was the seventh top online newspaper among the fifty English-language online newspapers in the MENA region in 2010. [29] In 2011, it was again among top ten online newspapers, keeping its rank as the seventh. [30]
Al Bilad is the first daily newspaper in Saudi Arabia, founded by Mohammad Saleh Nasif on 3 April 1932 under the name Sawt al-Hijaz (Arabic: Voice of Hijaz). [5] Then on 3 April 1946 it became Al Bilad Al Saudia, and on 26 January 1959 the paper merged with Arafat newspaper and was renamed as Al Bilad Daily.
Arab News was founded in Jeddah on 20 April 1975 by Hisham Hafiz and his brother Mohammad Hafiz. [6] [7] [8] It was the first English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia. [9] Arab News is also the first publication of SRPC. [10] The daily was jointly named by Kamal Adham, Hisham Hafiz and Turki bin Faisal. [11]
Al Watan was launched on 1 September 2000 by Assir Establishment for Press and Publishing. [6] [8] Al Watan is said to be influenced by the perspectives of Khalid Al Faisal, who initiated the idea of establishing a national newspaper that reflects the pulse and lifestyle of Saudi Arabia, and seeks to engage a mass audience across all regions of the Kingdom. [9]
Al Eqtisadiah is one of the daily newspapers published by Saudi Research and Publishing Company (SRPC)], one of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) companies. [2] [6] The other daily newspapers published by SRPC are Arab News and Al Sharq Al Awsat. As of 2013 the chairman of SRMG was Turki bin Salman Al Saud. [8]
The agency was established in 1970 as the first national news agency in Saudi Arabia. [1] The agency is also the first news agency in the Persian Gulf region. [2] The main goal of its establishment was to serve as a central body to collect and distribute local and international news in Saudi Arabia and abroad.
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 ...