Mass media in Yemen
Yemen's Ministry of Information influences the mass media through its control of printing presses, granting of newspaper subsidies, and ownership of the country's only television and radio stations. Yemen has nine government-controlled, 50 independent, and 30 party-affiliated newspapers. There are approximately 90 magazines, 50 percent of which are private, 30 percent government-controlled, and 20 percent party-affiliated. The government controls the content of news broadcasts and edits coverage of televised parliamentary debates.
Yemen's government usually monitors and blocks political and sexually explicit Web sites.
The official national news agency is the Saba News Agency.
Printed media
Yemen started its ear with printing press in 1853 when the British occupation authorities entered the first printer in Aden to cover its needs of administration, it also sent a number of prisoner to India to train of the manual characters alignment for operating the printing press which was printed by Arabic and English. Printings press expanded in Aden.
There are over 20 licensed newspapers and magazines in Yemen among them are in the following table.[3][4]
| Newspaper/Magazine | Type | Language | Headquarter | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen Post[5] | Independent newspaper & online news portal | English | Sana'a | online |
| Al-Ayyam[6] | Independent daily | Arabic | Aden | Locally blocked* |
| Al-Sahwa[7] | Islamist weekly | Arabic/English | Aden | online |
| Al-Thawra[8] | Government-owned | Arabic | Sana'a
|
online |
| Al-Jumhuryah[8] | Government-owned | Arabic | Taiz | offline |
| Yemen Observer[9] | Independent | English/Arabic | Sana'a | online |
| Yemen Times[10] | Independent weekly | English | Sanaa | online |
| Al-Motamar[11] | Government-owned | Arabic/English | Sana'a | online |
Al-Thawri (Al-Eshteraki)[12]
|
Weekly Socialist Party | Arabic | Aden | online |
| 14th October[13] | Government-owned | English/Arabic | Aden | offline |
| Telecoms & IT magazine[14] | Government-owned | Arabic | Sana'a | offline |
- Note: the '*' indicates that this newspaper or its website has been blocked by the government, usually due to recent unstable situations.
Television and radio
Yemen has around 17 television channels, 4 channels owned by the government. These channels are:
- INTELSAT-59 in 1995 and later Nilesat.
- Yamania television channel: This channel was founded in 1980 in the South of Yemen as "Aden channel" and was renamed after the unity of Yemen.
- Al-Saeedah television channel: New television channel opened in 2007 and is broadcasting via Nilesat.
- Suhail television channel: This channel started its broadcast in July 2009 and is operated by Al-Islah political party on Nilesat.
- Al-Iman television channel: Islamic dedicated channel opened recently in 2008 as a moderate channel against radicalism and terror.
- Aden Live: This channel is run by southern separatists via Nilesat.
- Sama Yemen TV: This channel runs via Nilesat.
- Belqees TV: New television channel began broadcast in October 2014 runs via Nilesat.
- Yemen Shabab TV: This channel targets the youth population and runs via Nilesat.
- Yosr TV: This channel runs via Nilesat.
- Maeen TV: This channel runs via Nilesat.
- Al Saahaat TV: This channel began broadcast on 15 June 2014 and runs via Nilesat.
- Sheba TV: This channel is run by the government via Nilesat.
- Azal TV: This channel broadcasts via Nilesat.
- Yemen Today: This channel broadcasts via Nilesat.
- Al Shareyyah: A new channel started broadcast on 10 April 2015.
- Al Masirah TV: This channel is run by the Houthi movement via Nilesat.
First radio service began in Yemen in 1947.
See also
References
- discussionpage for more clarification)
- ^ Yemen country profile. Library of Congress Federal Research Division (August 2008). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Yemen - World Newspapers and Magazines - Worldpress.org". worldpress.org.
- ^ "Arabic news website". sahafa.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009.
- ^ "Yemen Post Newspaper online- EDITORIAL, LOCAL, INTERVIEW, REPORT, SOCIAL, BUSINESS, HEALTH, OPINION, YEMEN IN THE NEWS, MIDDLE EAST, INTERNATIONAL". yemenpost.net.
- ^ "صحيفة الأيام -". al-ayyam.info.
- ^ "الصحوة نت". alsahwa-yemen.net.
- ^ a b "صحيفة الثورة". althawranews.net.
- ^ "Yemen observer". yobserver.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009.
- ^ "Yemen Times". yementimes.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ^ "Almotamar Net, Published by General People's Congress (GPC)". almotamar.net.
- ^ "www.aleshteraki.net". aleshteraki.net.
- ^ "صحيفة 14 أكتوبر للصحافة و الطباعة و النشر". Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ^ "مجلة تكنولوجيا الاتصالات والمعلومات - تصدر عن وزارة الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات". مجلة تكنولوجيا الاتصالات والمعلومات.
- hdl:2433/155745.
- ^ The media in Yemen Archived 23 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine, a brief history and general overview about the media, press, television and radio.
- ^ Radio Frequencies.
- ^ "Search Results for English SWL Broadcasters at 1042". hfradio.org.
- ^ "RadioStationWorld - Yemen - Radio and Television". radiostationworld.com.
External links
Media related to Media of Yemen at Wikimedia Commons
- Media and Telecommunications Lansdcape in Yemen[permanent dead link], a infoasaid guide, February 2012, 118 pp.
- yemenonline.info
- "Media Landscapes: Yemen", Medialandscapes.org, Netherlands: European Journalism Centre
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