Muscat Daily

Muscat Daily is an English-language newspaper and news website based in Muscat, Oman. It reports on local and national news, business, sport and community affairs for residents and the country's expatriate population. As one of Oman's English-language titles, it operates within the country's state-regulated press environment.

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Muscat Daily at a glance

Country: Oman
Region: The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Muscat Daily

Crosswire groups Muscat Daily as Centrist for comparisons within Oman's 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 Muscat Daily sits in Oman's press

Muscat Daily is one of 5 outlets tracked in Oman, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being Times of Oman, Oman Observer and Al Shabiba. By outlets tracked, Oman ranks 15th 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 Muscat Daily outside Oman, starting with The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, are The Peninsula (Qatar), Kuwait Times (Kuwait), Gulf Daily News (Bahrain) and Aden Al-Ghad (Yemen). Opening one of them beside Muscat Daily is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.