List of newspapers in Saudi Arabia
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Most of the early newspapers in the Persian Gulf region were established in Saudi Arabia. The first newspaper founded in the country and in the Persian Gulf area is Al Fallah, which was launched in Mecca in 1920. All of the newspapers published in Saudi Arabia are privately owned.
Arabic daily newspapers
English daily newspapers
Arab News
Saudi Gazette
Urdu daily newspaper
Urdu News
Malayalam daily newspapers-Kerala
Malayalam News
Dammam edition
Jeddah edition - launched in 1999
Riyadh edition
Madhyamam
Abha edition - 1 January 2011
Dammam edition - 24 May 2008
Jeddah edition - 16 January 2006
Riyadh edition - 10 December 2007
Gulf Thejas
Dammam edition - March 2011
Jeddah edition - March 2011
Riyadh edition - March 2011
Chandrika
Defunct daily newspapers
These newspapers are no longer published:
Akhbar Al Dhahran (1954–1956)
Al-Hayat (1946–2020)
Al Nadwa (1958–2013)
Riyadh Daily (1967–1 January 2004)
Shams
See also
List of magazines in Saudi Arabia
Media of Saudi Arabia
List of companies of Saudi Arabia
References
External links
"Arab news media online: Saudi Arabia". Al-Bab.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
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