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What will the papers say?
What sort of an impact will Dubai's new newspaper, the Emirates Today, owned by Dubai Holding Group, have on existing English-language newspapers? There are currently five daily papers in the UAE:
1. Gulf News
Among western expats, Gulf News (circulation 91,000), owned by Al Nisr Publishing, is generally the best-regarded of the broadsheets. Over the past couple of years it has dramatically improved its content, quality, design and online version (300,000 hits per day). But in recent months some patchiness has crept back, perhaps due to staff being poached by the new paper. Gulf News arguably faces the toughest competition from the new Dubai paper, as its audience profile and content at this stage seem likely to be the most similar to it. Interestingly, Gulf News used to be a tabloid when founded in 1978, but was relaunched as a broadsheet in 1985.
2. Khaleej Times
The Khaleej Times (circulation 72,000), owned by Galadari Printing & Publishing, claims the highest readership (450,000) in the UAE and enjoys strongest popularity among subcontinental expats, the majority population here. It has a few very good journalists and is rated for its business pages, but its general level of writing and reporting is abysmal, not just in the level of grammar and accuracy, but also in basic journalism such as story content, story structure, tone and style.
3. 7Days
7Days (circulation 65,000) started out as a weekly, and is now a six-daily with no Saturday edition. A free tabloid, it has taken a different, quick-read approach to news, and is often described as a trailblazer, pushing boundaries with certain somewhat controversial stories. Its letters pages are some of the most heated and extensive in the UAE. Very much western-expat targeted, the paper syndicates a great deal from overseas, and has a strong lifestyle element in its content, giving a more magazine feel.
4. Gulf Today
The Gulf Today (circulation 36,000) is a broadsheet, started by Arabic daily Al Khaleej, with a generally quieter profile and smaller circulation than Gulf News or Khaleej Times. It covers local, international and regional news, but is not widely read at least among western expats.
5. Emirates Evening Post
The broadsheet Emirates Evening Post (print-run 28,000) is the youngest of the existing newspapers, published by Press Centre & Art Productions. It is the region's first afternoon daily newspaper, but has suffered from poor distribution. Targeted readership is most probably the UAE's subcontinental expat population.
1. Gulf News
Among western expats, Gulf News (circulation 91,000), owned by Al Nisr Publishing, is generally the best-regarded of the broadsheets. Over the past couple of years it has dramatically improved its content, quality, design and online version (300,000 hits per day). But in recent months some patchiness has crept back, perhaps due to staff being poached by the new paper. Gulf News arguably faces the toughest competition from the new Dubai paper, as its audience profile and content at this stage seem likely to be the most similar to it. Interestingly, Gulf News used to be a tabloid when founded in 1978, but was relaunched as a broadsheet in 1985.
2. Khaleej Times
The Khaleej Times (circulation 72,000), owned by Galadari Printing & Publishing, claims the highest readership (450,000) in the UAE and enjoys strongest popularity among subcontinental expats, the majority population here. It has a few very good journalists and is rated for its business pages, but its general level of writing and reporting is abysmal, not just in the level of grammar and accuracy, but also in basic journalism such as story content, story structure, tone and style.
3. 7Days
7Days (circulation 65,000) started out as a weekly, and is now a six-daily with no Saturday edition. A free tabloid, it has taken a different, quick-read approach to news, and is often described as a trailblazer, pushing boundaries with certain somewhat controversial stories. Its letters pages are some of the most heated and extensive in the UAE. Very much western-expat targeted, the paper syndicates a great deal from overseas, and has a strong lifestyle element in its content, giving a more magazine feel.
4. Gulf Today
The Gulf Today (circulation 36,000) is a broadsheet, started by Arabic daily Al Khaleej, with a generally quieter profile and smaller circulation than Gulf News or Khaleej Times. It covers local, international and regional news, but is not widely read at least among western expats.
5. Emirates Evening Post
The broadsheet Emirates Evening Post (print-run 28,000) is the youngest of the existing newspapers, published by Press Centre & Art Productions. It is the region's first afternoon daily newspaper, but has suffered from poor distribution. Targeted readership is most probably the UAE's subcontinental expat population.