Al-Balad (newspaper)
Arabic French | |
Ceased publication | 2018 |
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Headquarters | Beirut, Lebanon |
Sister newspapers | Baladna (Syria) |
Website | www |
Al-Balad (
History
Al Balad was first published on 15 December 2003,
Other editions
Al Balad published a French edition in 2008 which lasted for three years before being shut down for financial reasons.
Closure
The newspaper reopened in 2010 but shut down again by 2018 after not paying its staff.
Al Balad News @AlBaladNewsAR Arabic: موظفو جريدة البلد متكتفون لا حول لهم ولا قوة ينتظرون معجزة الهية ترد حقوقهم التي نصبها عليهم أصحاب الجريدة..والأهم أنهم يتجولون في باريس و دبي غير آبهين بمصير الموظفين..و الدولة في نوم عميق لم تسمع لهم نداء ولا مناجاة ..Bashar Kiwan Majd Suleiman
The employees of Al Balad newspaper are bound and helpless, waiting for a divine miracle to restore their [rights/benefits] that the owners of the newspaper swindled from them... and most importantly, they wander around Paris and Dubai, not caring about the fate of the employees... and the State is in a deep sleep, an appeal or plea was not heard from them .. Bashar Kiwan Majd Suleiman
7 October 2018[13]
Ownership
Al Balad is owned by
The publisher of the daily was Al Wataniya Publishing House.[2][5][7]
Brand
Al Balad's logo, the Arabic letter
Circulation
In 2006, a study carried out by Ara'a Company with 2500 participants concluded that Al Balad was read by 18.3% of Lebanese over 15 years of age, being the first in this regard.
The paper's online version was the 42nd most visited website for 2010 in the
See also
References
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- ^ "The End of the French Al-Balad". Skeyes Media | Center for Media and Cultural Freedom. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Bashar Kiwan burns his fingers". Africa Intelligence. 9 October 2010.
- ^ Funding War Crimes - Syrian Businessmen Who Kept Assad Going https://pro-justice.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Businessmen-en-ebook-1_9069-1_removed-1.pdf
- ^ "Law and Practice". Media Ownership Monitor. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Al Balad News [@AlBaladNewsAR] (7 October 2018). "موظفو جريدة البلد متكتفون لا حول لهم ولا قوة ينتظرون معجزة الهية ترد حقوقهم التي نصبها عليهم أصحاب الجريدة..والأهم أنهم يتجولون في باريس و دبي غير آبهين بمصير الموظفين..و الدولة في نوم عميق لم تسمع لهم نداء ولا مناجاة ..Bashar Kiwan Majd Suleiman" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Many voices". The Business Year. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ Lazkani, Alimar (23 November 2018). "Local Actors in the Syrian Coastal Area: Characteristics and Prospects". Arab Reform Initiative.
- ^ a b c d "Lebanon: Surveys show Beirut's Sada al-Balad most widely circulated paper". BBC Monitoring. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ "Forbes Releases Top 50 MENA Online Newspapers; Lebanon Fails to Make Top 10". Jad Aoun. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
External links
- Al-Balad Official site (in French)