 The front page of The Jordan Times on Sunday 31 October 2010 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Jordan Press Foundation |
| Publisher | Jordan Press Foundation |
| Editor | Mohammad Ghazal |
| Founded | 1975 [1] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Amman |
| Sister newspapers | Al Ra'i |
| Website | www |
The Jordan Times is an English-language daily newspaper based in Amman, Jordan. [2]
Established in 1975, [1] 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 ]
The newspaper includes two main sections:
The paper's website was the 31st most visited website in the Arab world in 2013.[ citation needed ]
Notable journalists who have worked at The Jordan Times include:
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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