The Jordan Times is an English-language daily newspaper based in Amman, Jordan.

History

Established in 1975, 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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.
  • George Hawatmeh, founder of the Arab Media Institute. Former editor-in-chief.
  • 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.

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