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''Gulf News'' is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai. ==History and profile== ''Gulf News'' was first launched in tabloid format in 1978 by prominent UAE businessman Abdul Wahab Galadari; its offices were located on the Airport Road, Dubai. In November 1984, three leading UAE businessmen, purchased the company and formed Al Nisr Publishing. The new owners of the paper were Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Abdullah Al Rostamani and Juma Al Majid. With the death of Abdullah Al Rostamani in 2006, his position on the board is held by a family nominee while the other directors remain. Under new ownership, ''Gulf News'' was relaunched on 10 December 1985 and was free to the public. From February 1986, the public was charged one Dirham (US 27 cents) a copy for the ''Gulf News'' package which comprised the broadsheet newspaper and a leisure supplement called Tabloid, which also contained classifieds. After moving into new premises in 1986, ''Gulf News'' began to be distributed to other GCC countries: Bahrain from September 1987; Oman from April 1989; Saudi Arabia from March 1989; and Qatar from April 1989. It also became available in Pakistan from August 1988. In order to provide better local coverage for its readers, ''Gulf News'' opened various bureaus around the United Arab Emirates, the GCC and the Subcontinent. The Abu Dhabi bureau was opened in 1982; Bahrain bureau in January 1988; Oman bureau in 1989; Manila bureau in August 1990; Al Ain bureau in 1994; Sharjah bureau in May 1995; and the New Delhi bureau in November 1995. In November 1995 the width of the paper's broadsheet pages were reduced by four centimetres, to create the new international size of 38 centimetres. Al Nisr Publishing became a limited liability company (LLC) with a share capital of Dh15 million on 26 May 1997. The first online edition of ''Gulf News'' was launched on 1 September 1996. The daily launched video news in its online edition in the second part of the 2000s, being among the first in the region. As of 2008 Abdul Hamid Ahmad was the editor-in-chief of the paper. Regular op-ed contributors to ''Gulf News'' include: Uri Avnery, Kuldip Nayar, Faisal Alkasim, Joseph A. Kechichian, Marwan Al Kabalan, Rakesh Mani, Linda S. Heard, Stuart Reigeluth and Wael Al Sayegh. ''Gulf News'' moved to its present headquarters on Sheikh Zayed Road in April 2000. The daily changed its format to berliner on 1 June 2012, being the first berliner-format daily published in the Arab countries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gulf News」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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