''The Jordan Times'' is an English-language
daily newspaper
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based in
Amman, Jordan
Amman ( , ; , ) is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of four million as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the List of largest cities in the ...
.
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.
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
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from its sister daily ''
Al Ra'i''.
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.
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
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'' 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.]
References
External links
The Jordan Times website
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1976 establishments in Jordan
Newspapers established in 1976
English-language newspapers published in Arab countries
Newspapers published in Jordan
Mass media in Amman
State media