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Below is a list of newspapers published in Qatar. [1] Al Arab – Arabic daily; Al Raya – Arabic daily; Al Sharq – Arabic daily; Al Watan – Arabic daily; Lusail – Arabic daily; Gulf Times – English; The Peninsula – English; Qatar Chronicle – English; Qatar Tribune – English; Vartamanam – Malayalam daily; Gulf Madhyamam ...
The Peninsula is published in all-colour broadsheet format and number of pages vary from 24 to 40. On weekdays they have 36 pages in the main section, which is divided into 24 pages on local and international news, 8 pages business news and 8 pages sports news.
Doha News is an online news blog started in March 2009 by two American journalists, Shabina Khatri and Omar Chatriwala. [2] It is based in Qatar and provides its readers with daily reports on breaking domestic and international news stories.
The mass media in Qatar relays information and data in Qatar by means of television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines and the internet. Qatar has established itself as a leading regional figure in mass media over the past decade. Al Jazeera, a global news network which was established in 1996, has become the foundation of the media sector. [1]
The network's news operation currently has 70 bureaus around the world that are shared between the network's channels and operations, making it one of the largest collections of bureaus among media companies globally. [7] AJMN receives public funding from the Qatar government, leading to disputes over its classification.
The publisher of the paper which is led by a member of the ruling family, Al Thani, Khalid bin Thani Al Thani, [4] also own the English daily The Peninsula and Arabic women's magazine Sayyidat Al Sharq. [5] [6] Al Sharq is based in Doha. [7] As of 2012 the editor and manager of Al Sharq was Abdul Latif Al Mahmoud. [6]
Al Arab in its first period has an independent political stance. [3] In 2013, BBC describes it as a pro-government paper. [15]In 2009, Al Arab contributor Samar Al Mogren, a Saudi Arabian novelist and feminist, received death threats due to her article in which she criticized Saudi cleric Mohammed Al Arifi for vilifying Shiites and calling Iraqi Ayatollah Sistani "an Infidel". [16]
Qatar News Agency was established by a decree issued on 25 May 1975. [6] [7] It is attached to the Ministry of Information. [8]The former parent ministry was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [9]