State / loyalist
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Al Rai
🇯🇴JO ·
newspaper · state-controlled
· alrai.com
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Centre
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State / loyalist
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| Founded | 1971-06-02 — first issue of the daily newspaper Al Ra'i, published by the Jordan Press Foundation · source |
| Headquarters | Amman, Jordan · source |
| Funding | Publisher is the Jordan Press Foundation, described as majority government-owned since its inception; how much the government's stake has changed since a 2000 plan to sell some Foundation shares is not stated in the source. |
| Reach | English Wikipedia cites reported circulation of 45,000 (1985), 90,000 (2003), and 80,000 (2010, per officials). |
| Identity | Wikipedia |
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Ownership
| Holder | Type | Stake | Control | Instrument | Since | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Press Foundation | company | not disclosed | yes | charter | — | link |
| Government of Jordan | state body | not disclosed | yes | equity | — | link |
Percentages appear only where a source states them. "Not disclosed" means nobody published a number, not that we did not look.
Editorial control
Editor-in-Chief
Editor-in-chief of Al Ra'i since June 2021, per Arabic Wikipedia; also appears with a public author profile on alrai.com.
General Manager
General Manager of the Jordan Press Foundation / Al Ra'i, per Arabic Wikipedia (as of July 2024).
Chairman of the Board
Chairman of the Jordan Press Foundation's board, per Arabic Wikipedia (as of June 2024).
Journalists
Columnist · society
Regular opinion columnist in Al Ra'i's كتاب (columnists) section, with a public author profile on the outlet's site.
Columnist
Regular opinion columnist in Al Ra'i's كتاب (columnists) section, with a public author profile on the outlet's site.
Columnist
Regular opinion columnist in Al Ra'i's كتاب (columnists) section, with a public author profile on the outlet's site.
Columnist · politics
Regular opinion columnist in Al Ra'i's كتاب (columnists) section, with a public author profile on the outlet's site.
Columnist · economy
Regular opinion columnist in Al Ra'i's كتاب (columnists) section, with a public author profile on the outlet's site.
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