Al Joumhouria

Al Joumhouria was founded in 1924 by journalist Saji’ Asmar and witnessed many years of interruption. It was first shut down in 1975 at the beginning of the civil war, and though it tried to resume publishing in 1985, the war ultimately prevented that. There was a second attempt to get it running in 2005 with then-Defense Minister Elias Murr Al-Joumhouria but it was suspended after the assassination attempt on Murr, who eventually launched it in 2011. The newspaper is located in same building as the headquarters of Elias Murr’s father, MP Michel Murr. Michel Murr is the grandfather of former MP Nayla Tueni, the General Manager of Annahar newspaper. Al-Joumhouria includes the following sections: local and international news, business, arts, science, health, fashion, culture, sports, and technology. It is also available on iPad format. Michel Elias Murr is the Chairman of the Board, and Georges Soulage is the Editor-in-Chief.

Key facts

Audience Share

9.6%

Ownership Type

Private

Geographic Coverage

National

Content Type

Paid

Data Publicly Available

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

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Media Companies / Groups

Al Joumhouria News Corp SAL

Ownership

Ownership Structure

The Michel Elias Murr Family owns directly 72.3% and through companies they fully own, which are Group Murr SAL Holding (3.3%), Al Joumhouria News Corp Pan-Arab SAL Holding (20%) and Al Sharika Al Lubnania lil Idara wal Moussahama SAL (3.3%).