EGOwnership & classification
Founded: 2009
Ownership
Egypt Independent began in 2009 as the English-language edition of the privately owned daily Al-Masry Al-Youm and launched its own print weekly in 2011 before the print operation was shut down in 2013, after which it continues as a website. It is published by the Al-Masry Media Corporation / Al-Masry Establishment for Press, Printing and Publishing, founded in 2004 by businessman Salah Diab and Hisham Kassem. The parent company's board has included prominent Egyptian businessmen, notably billionaire Naguib Sawiris (founder of Orascom/Mobinil), who held shares before exiting in the mid-2010s.
Funding
Financed commercially through advertising and circulation revenue of the Al-Masry Al-Youm group, backed by its private business owners; it receives no state budget.
Affiliation & stance
Privately and commercially owned, controlled by Egyptian businessmen rather than the state or a party, which is why it is classed INDEPENDENT and is regarded as relatively less government-controlled than Egypt's state press. Its English-language editorial line is broadly centrist/liberal, though it operates within Egypt's restrictive media environment.
Editorial lean
- Our estimate
- Center
- Measured from coverage
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Factual
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Objective
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