Type Daily newspaper Editor Samir Barhoum | ||
Owner(s) Jordan Press Foundation Publisher Jordan Press Foundation Founded 1976; 41 years ago (1976) | ||
The Jordan Times is an English daily newspaper based in Amman, Jordan.
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History and profile
The Jordan Times was established in 1976 and is owned by the Jordan Press Foundation, which also runs the Arabic-language daily Al Ra'i, the Kingdom's best selling daily.
The Jordan Press Foundation has been majority government-owned since its inception, but it is unclear how much the government's stake fallen since a plan to sell some of its shares was announced in 2000. The Jordan Times maintains editorial independence from its sister daily Al Rai.
The website of the paper was the 31st most visited website in the Arab world in 2013.
Content
The newspaper includes two main sections:
Alumni
Notable journalists who have worked at the Times include:
From the 1980s to 2011 veteran journalist Randa Habib had a weekly column in the Times which was stopped by the paper management. Jennifer Hamarneh served in the paper as editor-in-chief.