Qatar news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 5 major Qatar news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Qatar media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Qatar's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 5 titles tracked in Qatar sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 5 titles break down as 4 daily newspapers (see all daily newspapers worldwide) and 1 television news channel (Al Jazeera). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Qatar, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Qatar sits in The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub. By outlets tracked it is 3rd of the 7 countries in The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula and 14th of the 20 across the Middle East and North Africa, where the average is 5 outlets per country. Its neighbours in The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula with hubs of their own are United Arab Emirates (6), Saudi Arabia (5), Kuwait (5), Bahrain (5), Oman (5) and Yemen (4).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Qatar's main news outlets?
Across Qatar's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, Al Jazeera, The Peninsula, Gulf Times, Qatar Tribune and Al-Raya. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Al Jazeera is a Qatar-based international news network funded by the Qatari state, operating television channels and a major multilingual website. Its English-language service provides global news coverage with a strong focus on the Middle East, the Global South, and international affairs, reaching audiences worldwide.
The Peninsula is a Qatari English-language daily newspaper and news website based in Doha. It covers national news, regional Gulf affairs, business, sport, and international developments for English-speaking residents and readers in Qatar. As one of the country's main English-language dailies, it serves Qatar's large expatriate community alongside local audiences.
Gulf Times is a Qatari English-language daily newspaper based in Doha, with an accompanying website. It provides coverage of national and regional Gulf news, business, sport, and international affairs for English-speaking audiences in Qatar. As one of the country's established English-language dailies, it caters to both local readers and Qatar's sizeable expatriate population.
Qatar Tribune is an English-language daily newspaper published in Doha, Qatar, since 2006. It covers Qatari, Gulf, regional and international news, business and sport.
Al-Raya is a major Arabic-language daily newspaper in Qatar, established in 1979 and published by Gulf Publishing and Printing. It is one of the country's leading dailies covering local and world news.
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