Jordan news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 5 major Jordan news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Jordan media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Jordan's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 5 titles tracked in Jordan sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 5 titles break down as 3 daily newspapers (Al Rai, Addustour and The Jordan Times), 1 digital-native outlet (Jordan News) and 1 television news channel (Roya News English). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Jordan, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Jordan sits in The Levant, on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub. By outlets tracked it is 3rd of the 5 countries in The Levant and 10th of the 20 across the Middle East and North Africa, where the average is 5 outlets per country. Its neighbours in The Levant with hubs of their own are Lebanon (6), Israel (6), Syria (3) and Palestine (3).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Jordan's main news outlets?
Across Jordan's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, Al Rai, Addustour, The Jordan Times, Roya News English and Jordan News. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Al Rai is one of Jordan's most widely circulated Arabic-language daily newspapers, with an accompanying website. It covers national politics, the economy, and regional Middle Eastern affairs, and is one of the country's long-established dailies. The newspaper has significant government shareholding and serves a broad Arabic-reading audience across Jordan.
Addustour is a major Jordanian Arabic-language daily newspaper, with an accompanying news website, covering national politics, the economy, and regional Middle Eastern affairs. It is one of Jordan's principal dailies, serving a broad Arabic-reading audience across the country with general daily news coverage.
The Jordan Times is Jordan's first English-language daily newspaper, with an accompanying website. Published by a long-established Jordanian press foundation, it covers national politics, the economy, and regional Middle Eastern affairs for English-speaking readers. It serves as a primary English-language news source for residents, diplomats, and international audiences following Jordanian affairs.
Roya News is the English-language news service of Roya TV, Jordan's largest privately owned broadcaster, based in Amman. It covers Jordan, Palestine, the wider Arab world and international affairs.
Jordan News is an English-language digital news outlet covering Jordan and the wider MENA region. It publishes national, business, lifestyle and global coverage under Jordan Press Association standards.
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