Gulf News
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Gulf News is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. It was started on September 30, 1978 by local UAE business man Mr Abdullah Abulhoul. Soon after its launch, Gulf News had a subscription base of around 3,000 copies a week and was distributed six days a week.
In November 1984, Gulf News was bought out by 3 prominent U.A.E. business men and they formed a firm called Al Nisr publishing. The business men owned huge business conglomerates and took on the roles of directors in the newly formed Al Nisr publishing. They were Mr. Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Mr. Abdullah Al Rostamani and Mr.Juma Al Majid.
Under new ownership, the newspaper was re launched on the 10th of December, 1985 and was free to the public. From February 1986, a price of one dirham was charged per copy of the newspaper comprising of the broadsheet and a leisure supplement called Tabloid, which also contained classifieds.
Gulf News shifted to a new location in Jan 1986. Besides the U.A.E, the paper is distributed to other GCC countries like Bahrain,Oman,Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Is is also available in Pakistan and some places in the Asian Sub Continent.
A new trend was started by the paper from December 1988 when it started a special report section which contained an in-depth analysis of local and international news, this started a new trend in the middle east region.
The Asia - Pacific award for best newspaper production was awarded to the paper on 1 July 1990. From December 15, 1990, the paper started a separate tabloid size classified advertisement section called Classifieds.
The new international size of 38 cms was introduced in the broadsheet on November 30, 1995. Gulf News started its web site on 1 Sep 1996. On May 26, 1997, The parent company of Gulf news became a limited liability company (L.L.C.) having a share capital of DH 15 million.
In April, 2000,the paper again moved to a new head office which contained state of the art technology and the most advanced printing press in the region.
Appointments - a very important section of the paper which helps push sales considerably especially amongst the expats started from June 2001, five days a week.
According to the BPA worldwide audit bureau, Gulf news has a circulation of 91,982 for the week ( Saturday to Thurdays) and on Friday it has a circulation of 91,985 copies
Gulf News take pride in sponsoring a number of sporting and cultural events in the UAE.
Al Nisr Group's sister newspaper, free weekly tabloid XPRESS, launched in the UAE on March 15, 2007.
