| Type | Daily |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Galadari Brothers Group |
| Founder | Mahmoud Haroon |
| Publisher | Galadari Printing and Publishing |
| Editor |
Former
|
| Founded | October 1, 1978 |
| Political alignment | pro-Dubai |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Circulation | 45,000 - not audited |
| Sister newspapers | Classified; Wknd Magazine. |
| OCLC number | 60637427 |
| Official website | KhaleejTimes.com |
The Khaleej Times is a daily English language newspaper published in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Traditionally perceived as the second most popular newspaper in the UAE, Khaleej Times has struggled to keep up its circulation and entered 2011 with a print run of just under 40,000 copies. Still very popular with expats that have been in the region for a long period of time it has lost most of its readership to the daily tabloid 7DAYS and also to The National.
It is published by Galadari Brothers, and was the second English daily in the UAE when it was founded on October 1, 1978.[1] The newspaper is also part-owned by the government of the UAE, and its main competitor is the Gulf News.[2]
It contains a general news section, business pages, and a sports section. As of 2009 it was the highest-circulated of the English language newspapers in the Persian Gulf. and was distributed throughout the UAE and to Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. It had a multinational readership of 450,000 at its peak but now it is estimated to 10% of that - (despite pressure from advertisers and advertising agencies they refuse to be audited).[1]
In Feb 2011, the paper took a pro-Bahraini government position during the protests, reflecting the views of its owners the UAE government.[3]