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''Shams'' (in Arabic شمس meaning ''Sun'') was a Saudi Arabian daily newspaper published between 2005 and 2012. Its publisher described the paper as modern and trendy.〔 ==History and profile== Shams was launched as a tabloid paper in December 2005. Turki bin Khalid bin Faisal, a grandson of Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, was the chairman of the board of directors of Shams Information Company for Publishing and Development that published the paper. It was also reported that he partly owned the paper. Al Wataniya group was also the founder of the daily. There is inconsistent information about the daily print of ''Shams''. The media group publishing the paper gave the number of daily print as 120,000.〔 Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), on the other hand, in its 2006 report described ''Shams'' as a modest paper with the daily circulation of 40,000 copies.〔 The Group Plus stated the daily circulation as over 70,000 copies.〔 ''Shams'' was staffed mainly by Saudi journalists.〔 ''Shams'' was being printed in Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.〔 The daily was the first paper in Saudi Arabia, addressing specifically at large youth population.〔〔 Specifically, it targeted male and female Saudi readers between the ages of 18 to 35 who are interested in modern life-style, but also loyal to Saudi Arabia's conventional customs.〔 ''Shams'' mostly covered general local Saudi news and other top news from the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.araboo.com/site/saudi-shms-pressera-104948 )〕 The content of the paper was varied and insightful, ranging from political news and social issues to business news, and various international and local sports news. It also featured the latest Internet and technology updates, fashion, university topics, cars, and various other entertainment topics. It also attempted to cover the opinions and interests of today’s younger generation.〔 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「Shams (newspaper)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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