List of newspapers in Saudi Arabia

Most of the early newspapers in the Persian Gulf region were established in Saudi Arabia.^[1] The first newspaper founded in the country and in the Persian Gulf area is Al Fallah, which was launched in Mecca in 1920.^[1] All of the newspapers published in Saudi Arabia are privately owned.^[2]

Arabic daily newspapers

• Al-Bilad
• Al Eqtisadiah
• Al Jazirah
• Al Madina
• Al Riyadeyyah
• Al Riyadh
• Al Watan
• Al Yaum
• Makkah News Paper
• Asharq Al Awsat
• Okaz

English daily newspapers

• Arab News
• Saudi Gazette

Urdu daily newspaper

• Urdu News

Malayalam daily newspapers-Kerala

• Malayalam News^[3]
  • Dammam edition
  • Jeddah edition - launched in 1999
  • Riyadh edition
• Madhyamam
  • Abha edition - 1 January 2011^[4]
  • Dammam edition - 24 May 2008
  • Jeddah edition - 16 January 2006
  • Riyadh edition - 10 December 2007
• Gulf Thejas
  • Dammam edition - March 2011
  • Jeddah edition - March 2011^[5]
  • Riyadh edition - March 2011
• Chandrika

Defunct daily newspapers

These newspapers are no longer published:

• Akhbar Al Dhahran (1954–1956)
• Al-Hayat (1946–2020)
• Al Nadwa (newspaper) (1958-2013)
• Riyadh Daily (1967–1 January 2004)^[6]
• Shams

See also

• Journalism portal
• Lists portal
• Saudi Arabia portal

• List of magazines in Saudi Arabia
• Media of Saudi Arabia
• List of companies of Saudi Arabia

References

1. Aarti Nagraj (26 March 2013). "Revealed: 10 Oldest Newspapers In The GCC". Gulf Business. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
2. "Arab Media Influence Report". AMIR. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
3. "Malayalamnews History".
4. "Madhyamam History".
5. "Indian regional daily launches Saudi edition".
6. "Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Daily has ceased publication". Publicitas. 29 December 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• "Arab news media online: Saudi Arabia". Al-Bab.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.