The Jordan Times
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The Jordan Times is an English-language daily newspaper based in Amman, Jordan.[1]
History
Established in 1975,[2] The Jordan Times is owned by the Jordan Press Foundation, a shareholding company which also runs the Arabic-language daily Al Ra'i, the kingdom's best-selling newspaper.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Jordan Press Foundation has been majority government-owned since its inception, but it is unclear how much the government's stake has fallen since 2000, when a plan to sell some of the Foundation's shares was announced. The Jordan Times maintains editorial independence from its sister daily Al Ra'i.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Content and profile
The newspaper includes two main sections:
- News: Covers local, regional, and world news, and includes subsections on business and sports.
- Opinions: Features opinion commentary and analysis by Jordanian, Arab, and international writers.
The paper's website was the 31st most visited website in the Arab world in 2013.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Alumni
Notable journalists who have worked at The Jordan Times include:
- Rami George Khouri, journalist and commentator on the Middle East. Former editor-in-chief.
- Jill Carroll, Christian Science Monitor reporter kidnapped in Iraq. Former reporter.
- Marwan Muasher, former minister of information. Former editor-in-chief.[3]
- George Hawatmeh, founder of the Arab Media Institute. Former editor-in-chief.[3]
- Ayman Safadi, Jordan's foreign minister. Former deputy prime minister and editor-in-chief.
From the 1980s to 2011 veteran journalist Randa Habib had a weekly column in The Times which was stopped by the paper's management.[4]
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