''XPRESS'' was a weekly
tabloid newspaper. It was launched in the
UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal elective monarchy made up of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi serving as i ...
on 15 March 2007.
The magazine was published in
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
by the Al Nisr Group as a sister paper to ''
Gulf News
''Gulf News'' is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. First launched in 1978, it is distributed throughout the UAE and also in other Persian Gulf countries. Its online edition was launched in 1996. Thro ...
.'' It was shut down in 2018 due to declining revenue.
History
Work on ''XPRESS'', then known as ''Project X'', began in the basement of the Gulf News offices off
Sheikh Zayed Road near
Safa Park in early 2005. Rumours of the project leaked into the media over the following months, but the details, including its name, remained secret until its launch on 12 March 2007.
Initial media reports indicated that Al Nisr Media intended to publish ''XPRESS'' twice weekly, and hoped to obtain a licence to publish daily. However, it launched as a weekly.
The newspaper was designed by
Mario Garcia, president of the Tampa-based Garcia Media, who described it as "a vibrant, contemporary newspaper totally created for the reader of the 'always on' culture".
Reception was mixed, with an
Arabian Business
''Arabian Business'' (''AB'') is a weekly business magazine published in Dubai and focusing on global and regional news analysis. The brand is aimed at the English and Arabic-speaking communities and is published in both languages.
Its circula ...
review describing it as "a headache on every page"
and accusing it of running parochial stories.
In March 2013, ''XPRESS'' launched an Abu Dhabi edition.
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''XPRESS''
2007 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
Defunct newspapers published in the United Arab Emirates
Defunct weekly newspapers
English-language newspapers published in the United Arab Emirates
Mass media in Dubai
Newspapers published in the United Arab Emirates
Newspapers established in 2007