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{{short description|UAE newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox newspaper
|name = The National
|logo = The National (ae) (2020-01-12).svg
|image = The_National_27_June_2018_Front_Page.jpg
|caption = Front page of ''The National'' on 27 June 2018
|type = Daily
|format = [[Broadsheet]]
|foundation = {{start date and age|2008|4|17|df=yes}}
|owners = International Media Investments (IMI)
|chiefeditor = Mina Al-Oraibi
|depeditor = Daniel Gledhill
|maneditor = Laura Koot
|staff = More than 120
|language = English
|political = Pro-government
|circulation = Unaudited<ref name=publ>{{cite web|title=UAE|url=http://www.publicitas.com/fileadmin/uploads/italy/Files/ME_portfolio_01.pdf|publisher=Publicitas|access-date=8 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202073858/http://www.publicitas.com/fileadmin/uploads/italy/Files/ME_portfolio_01.pdf|archive-date=2 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|headquarters = [[Abu Dhabi]]
|oclc =
|ISSN =
|website = {{URL|http://www.thenationalnews.com|thenationalnews.com}}
}}
'''''The National''''' is a private English-language [[daily newspaper]] published in [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. The newspaper is owned by Sheikh [[Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan]], the deputy prime minister of the [[United Arab Emirates]] and member of [[Al Nahyan family|the royal family]] of [[Abu Dhabi]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Duffy |first1=Matt J. |date=27 March 2018 |title=Media Law in the United Arab Emirates |language=en |work=[[Google Books]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yz9sDwAAQBAJ&q=ADMIC+also+owns+the+English-language+newspaper+The+National&pg=PT10 |access-date=2021-02-10 |isbn=9789403500218}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corp and British Sky Broadcasting form joint venture |language=en |work=[[Hexus]] |url=https://hexus.net/ce/items/entertainment/27722-abu-dhabi-media-investment-corp-british-sky-broadcasting-form-joint-venture/ |access-date=2021-02-10}}</ref>

==History and profile==
''The National'' was first published on 17 April 2008 by Abu Dhabi Media.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/apr/10/pressandpublishing|title=Martin Newland's Abu Dhabi newspaper ready for launch|last=Brook|first=Stephen|date=10 April 2008|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=8 January 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/business/media/29adcol.html|title=A New Mideast Paper Vows to Be Different|last=Timmons|first=Heather|date=29 April 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=8 January 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The government-owned media company ran the newspaper along with other publications, including ''[[Al-Ittihad (Emirati newspaper)|Al-Ittihad]]'', ''[[Majid (comics)|Majid]]'', ''Zahrat Al Khaleej'' and ''National Geographic Al Arabiya'' (in partnership with ''[[National Geographic]]'').<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/international-media-investments-acquires-ownership-of-the-national-1.197247|title=International Media Investments acquires ownership of The National|work=The National|location=Abu Dhabi|date=16 November 2016|access-date=8 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 2016, ''The National'' was acquired by International Media Investments, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation, a private investment company owned by Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan that is also part-owner of [[Sky News Arabia]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hexus.net/ce/items/entertainment/27722-abu-dhabi-media-investment-corp-british-sky-broadcasting-form-joint-venture/|title=Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corp and British Sky Broadcasting form joint venture|work=Hexus|access-date=29 January 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> Under new ownership, ''The National'' was relaunched in July 2017, a move marked by relocation to new headquarters and the opening of a foreign [[News bureau|bureau]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The National marks successful relaunch and London expansion|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/the-national-marks-successful-relaunch-and-london-expansion-1.669352|date= 23 October 2017|work=The National|location=Abu Dhabi}}</ref> ''The National'' has had three previous editors-in-chief: Mohammed Al Otaiba served from February 2014 to October 2016;<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/mohammed-al-otaiba-named-new-editor-in-chief-of-the-national-1.276649|title=Mohammed Al Otaiba named new editor-in-chief of The National|work=The National|location=Abu Dhabi|date= 30 January 2014|access-date=8 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> Hassan Fattah from June 2009 to October 2013;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/the-national-s-editor-in-chief-steps-down-1.573824|title=The National's editor-in-chief steps down|first=Ola|last=Salem|work=The National|location=Abu Dhabi|date=2 October 2013|access-date=8 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> and [[Martin Newland]], who was the launch editor, from April 2008 until June 2009.<ref name=Pompeo>{{Cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/112542/national-abu-dhabis-brief-experiment-press-freedom|title='We Are Not Here to Fight for Press Freedom': The National wanted to be the Times of the Middle East. It failed|magazine=[[The New Republic]]|first=Joe|last=Pompeo|date=28 February 2013|access-date=8 January 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2009/jun/08/middleeast-press-freedom|title=Roy Greenslade: Martin Newland quits editor's chair in Abu Dhabi|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|date=8 June 2009|work=The Guardian|access-date=8 January 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

With its pledge to follow widely accepted journalism standards and to "help society evolve", ''The National'' claims to be an anomaly in the [[Middle East]], where most media outlets are tightly controlled by the government. Before ''The National'' moved to private ownership there were several high-level resignations across the editorial team regarding spiked stories and the newspaper's impotency when covering stories on Abu Dhabi.<ref name=":1" /> However, a major goal in establishing the paper was to have respect from the international community on the part of the government.<ref name="lisarei">{{cite journal|url=https://www.arabmediasociety.com/environmental-journalism-in-the-uae/|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|last=Reinisch|first=Lisa|title=Environmental Journalism in the UAE|journal=Arab Media & Society|date=3 August 2010 |access-date=16 April 2013}}</ref>

During the initial launch ''The National'' built its staff levels up to 200, recruiting from newspapers around the world, including ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' of Britain.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.alittihad.ae/details.php?id=17448&y=2008|title=ذا ناشيونال نافذة إلى الإمارات وجسر إلى الآخر|work=alittihad.ae|access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Martin Newland was editor of ''The Daily Telegraph'' from 2003 to 2005, and he took with him many former ''Telegraph'' employees, such as Colin Randall (former ''Telegraph'' executive news editor), Sue Ryan (former managing editor) and senior photographer Stephen Lock (who covered domestic and foreign news and the international fashion circuit during 20 years on ''The Daily Telegraph'').<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/feb/06/dailymail.pressandpublishing|title=Mail showbiz reporter off to Abu Dhabi|newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 February 2008|access-date=5 September 2010|location=London|first=Stephen|last=Brook}}</ref>

In 2008, the circulation of the newspaper was 60,000 copies.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Report: Abu Dhabi 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZ1OUwDYpgAC&pg=PA209|access-date=10 September 2014|year=2009|publisher=Oxford Business Group|isbn=978-1-907065-04-0|page=209}}</ref>

==Content==
The paper is a single selection organised into five daily sections (News, Business, Opinion, Arts & Lifestyle and Sport) and a Weekend edition which comes out every Friday. It covers local and international news, business, sports, arts and life, travel and [[Driving|motoring]]. In addition, ''The National'' publishes two magazines: ''Ultratravel'' (quarterly) and ''Luxury'' (monthly). The target group of the paper can be described as 25 and above, educated, affluent, business leaders, decision makers, and key influencers.<ref name=publ/>

==Reception==
In a 2012 article in the ''[[American Journalism Review]]'', former foreign desk editor Tom O'Hara contended that coverage was skewed to favor the agenda of the government of the United Arab Emirates. He said that the newspaper had a "meticulous censorship process" that directly influenced coverage and word usage in the newspaper, such as prohibiting use of the term "[[Persian Gulf naming dispute|Persian Gulf]]". He said that the newspaper engaged in self-censorship, suppressing coverage of subjects deemed to cast an unfavorable light on the UAE royal family and government. He said that, among other things, coverage of the [[Libyan uprising]] was suppressed, as were articles about [[WikiLeaks]] and [[gay rights]].<ref>OHara, Tom (December 2012/January 2013)
[https://ajrarchive.org/article.asp?id=5460 "Just Make Sure You Don’t Call It the Persian Gulf!"], ''[[American Journalism Review]]''.</ref>

''[[The New Republic]]'' reported in February 2013 that ''The National'' had failed to live up to high expectations that had been raised when it was established. The magazine said that the newsroom has had a series of crises during the preceding five years, and that "tensions over the management and direction of the paper have been simmering behind the scenes, with leadership changes, budget cuts, infighting and allegations of rampant self-censorship conspiring to trigger a series of defections that have depleted the paper of much of its marquee talent". The article described examples of rampant self-censorship, and said the newspaper's story was "a cautionary tale about pursuing journalism in a censored society".<ref name=Pompeo />

==See also==
{{Portal|United Arab Emirates|Journalism}}
*[[List of newspapers in the United Arab Emirates]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/ Official website] (UAE)
*{{Newseum front page|UAE_TN}}

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