Gulf News

Gulf News is one of the United Arab Emirates' leading English-language daily newspapers, based in Dubai. It covers UAE and regional news, business, and current affairs for a broad English-speaking readership and maintains print and digital editions. It is among the country's most widely read English-language press titles.

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Gulf News at a glance

Country: United Arab Emirates
Region: The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1978
Owner: Al Nisr Publishing
Published from: Dubai
Website: gulfnews.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Gulf News

Crosswire groups Gulf News as Centrist for comparisons within the United Arab Emirates' directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Gulf News sits in the United Arab Emirates' press

Gulf News was founded in 1978, is published from Dubai and is owned by Al Nisr Publishing. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in the United Arab Emirates, and one of 6 daily newspapers among them — the others being The National, Khaleej Times, Gulf Today, Al Bayan and Emarat Al Youm. By outlets tracked, the United Arab Emirates ranks third of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 49 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Gulf News outside the United Arab Emirates, starting with The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, are The Peninsula (Qatar), Kuwait Times (Kuwait), Gulf Daily News (Bahrain) and Times of Oman (Oman). Opening one of them beside Gulf News is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.