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Al Akhbar

Created in 2012, Al Akhbar has asserted its place as the country’s most distributed Arabic-language daily newspaper in 2016, with a daily sales averaging 45 240. It was the brainchild of controversial journalist Rachid Niny, who founded it on his own after leaving Al Massae, a daily he had founded six years prior to his leaving. It is published by Awal Media, a company that solely publishes this one paper.

 

Founder Rachid Niny is also Director of publishing and General Director of the paper. As a columnist in his previous venture Al Massae, he managed to build an important and loyal readership. By translating the column, named ‘Chouf Tchouf’, in this newly created outlet, in 2012, he secured in the first year of the daily’s existence, average monthly sales of 62 224 copies.

 

Niny is often accused of populism by his peers as well as a certain category of Moroccans. He fights back these claims by asserting his only aim is to bring up issues of social justice and speaking for those who cannot do so on a public platform. His name is often associated with famous court cases, and while sitting as editor of Al Akhbar, was ordered to pay a heavy fine in 2015 in a libel case brought by the minister of equipment and transport over two articles accusing a private company of using substandard material in the construction of a section of motorway.

 

Key facts

Audience Share

21.59%

Ownership Type

private

Geographic Coverage

National

Content Type

paid content

Data Publicly Available

ownership data is easily available from other sources, e. g. public registries etc.

2 ♥

Media Companies / Groups

Awal Media

Ownership

Ownership Structure

Al Akhbar is solely owned by Awal Media, which in turns only owns this one Arabic language newspaper.

Voting Rights

MD

Group / Individual Owner

Omar Niny

Omar Niny is Rachid Niny’s brother.

45%
Media Companies / Groups
Facts

General Information

Founding Year

2012

Founder

Rachid Niny

Affiliated Interests Founder

Rachid Niny is the founder General Director of the daily Al Akhbar as well as the TV channel Télé Maroc.

Ceo

Rachid Niny (General Director)

Affiliated Interests Ceo

See above

Editor-In-Chief

Rachid Niny

Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief

See above

Contact

39 rue omar slaoui mers sultan CASABLANCA, Morocco .0522207200

Financial Information

Revenue (in Mill. $)

N/A

Operating Profit (in Mill. $)

N/A

Advertising (in % of total funding)

MD

Market Share

MD

Further Information

Meta Data

According to Moroccan law, media outlets are not required to disclose their financial information. However, their publishing companies are required to do so. I Audience share number was computed with the 2016 OJD data. I

Sources

http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2007/09/17/robin-des-bois-marocain-niny-fait-le-succes-du-quotidien-al-massae_956036_3212.html

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