Gulf News Celebrates 30th Birthday in 2008

Dubai, UAE, December 24th, 2007: Gulf News, the leading English daily of the Gulf and flagship publication of the Al Nisr Group will complete thirty years of publication on 30th September 2008.

It was founded in 1978 and after several ownership changes, was acquired by Al Nisr Publishing LLC in 1984, and re-launched in 1985 with a new design. Its ensuing success was aptly described as ‘a unique record in the print medium within the GCC’, firmly establishing the newspaper as a leader, a position that remains unchanged.

Al Nisr Publishing LLC is part of the Al Nisr Group, which also has the other companies Al Nisr Distribution LLC, Al Nisr Media FZ LLC, BIA and Gulf News Broadcasting under its umbrella.

Over the years, the Al Nisr Group has greatly expanded its product portfolio, from publishing general interest weeklies and monthlies, contract publishing for niche publications, a web edition to broadcasting, through its newly established radio network.

Gulf News, e+, Friday, Classifieds, Properties, Freehold, Appointments, Notes, Weekend Review, the ‘Weekend’ edition on Saturday are all published by Al Nisr Publishing LLC. The weekly magazines ‘Wheels’, ‘Property Weekly’, and ‘XPRESS’ the only weekly newspaper of the region are published by Al Nisr Media FZ LLC, which also publishes the monthly glossies ‘Aquarius’ and ‘Inside Out’.

Radio 1 & Radio 2, both come under Gulf News Broadcasting. ‘Travel Retail’ is published by BIA, and the Contract Publishing division of the group brings out a host of niche and event-specific publications.

The online version of Gulf News was launched on September 1, 1996 and since then gulfnews.com has delivered quality news online and attracts more than a million unique visitors per month.

Al Nisr Distribution LLC boasts the largest pan-Emirates print media distribution network and is the preferred distributor also of several other local and foreign publishing houses. It also has a highly successful Direct Marketing arm catering to various below-the-line activities for leading business houses across the emirates

The latest product from the Al Nisr Group is ‘GNAds4U’, the trendy and most user-friendly website, designed to provide the customer with the ultimate ‘one-stop-shop’ for Classifieds.

While the core focus has always been the news, Gulf News doesn’t just report – it puts itself where the action is and where its readers are, through its strong editorial support and sponsorship of the region’s most talked about events like the Dubai Tennis Championships, which the paper has supported since inception.