Al-Balad (newspaper)

Al-Balad (Arabic: البلد‎) meaning The country, officially Sada Al-Balad (Arabic: صدى البلد‎) meaning The echo of the country) is an Arabic-language daily newspaper in Lebanon. Its headquarters is in Beirut.[1] It is a tabloid commercial paper.[2]

Al Balad
Front page of Al-Balad on 4 March 2006
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Al Waseet International
PublisherAl Wataniya
Founded15 December 2003 (2003-12-15)
Political alignmentLiberal
LanguageArabic, French
HeadquartersBeirut, Lebanon
Websitewww.albaladonline.com

History

Al Balad was first published on 15 December 2003[3][4] and the owner is Al Waseet International.[5] The publisher of the daily is Al Wataniya publishing house.[1][4] The first editor-in-chief is Béchara Charbel.[6] The paper had a liberal stance.[6]

In 2010, Al Balad also began publishing a French language edition.[5] In addition to conventional sections, the paper has a lifestyle section and expanded sports and world affairs sections.[4]

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.[7] In the same study it was also found that the paper was the second most popular paper in Lebanon after An Nahar.[7] The Ipsos study in 2006 revealed that Al-Balad had the largest rate of subscribers with 23.8% whereas An Nahar had only 2.6%.[7] The paper was also found to have highest circulation in Lebanon in 2006.[7] A 2009 survey by Ipsos Stat also established that the daily was among the five most popular newspapers in Beirut.[2]

The paper's online version was the 42nd most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Media Landscape". Menassat. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. "Mapping Digital Media: Lebanon" (PDF). Open Society Foundations. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  3. "Lebanon. Media Landscape". European Journalism Center. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. "Profile of MEPA Member" (PDF). MEPA. 14 (14). 1 May 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  5. "Many voices". The Business Year. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  6. "Newspaper Launches" (PDF). SFN Flash. 7 (1). 7 January 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  7. "Lebanon: Surveys show Beirut's Sada al-Balad most widely circulated paper". BBC Monitoring. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  8. "Forbes Releases Top 50 MENA Online Newspapers; Lebanon Fails to Make Top 10". Jad Aoun. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
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