Al-Riyadh Newspaper

Al Riyadh is a Riyadh-based, pro-government Saudi daily newspaper. Its sister paper was Riyadh Daily that was disestablished on 1 January 2004. Al Riyadh is one of the dominant papers in Nejd. Al Riyadh is regarded as one of the major daily newspapers published in Saudi Arabia. The others are Al Watan, Al Madina and Al Jazirah. Al Riyadh competed with Al Jazirah for influence in Najd and each claimed to be a larger and more influential paper than the other at the beginning of the 1990s. Al Riyadh is described as one of the most respected dailies for local and regional news. Since the paper is edited and published in Riyadh, its target population is government officials, military officials, professionals, academics, businesspeople. Source