Haaretz

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Haaretz

Front page of the Hebrew and English editions
Type Daily Newspaper
Format Berliner
Owner Schocken Family
Editor Dov Alfon[1]
Associate editor Tammy Litani
Founded 1919
Language Hebrew & English editions
Headquarters Tel Aviv, Israel
Circulation 72,000
(Weekends: 100,000)[1]
Website http://www.haaretz.co.il
http://www.haaretz.com

Haaretz (Hebrew: הארץ‎) (lit. "The Land", originally Hadashot Ha'aretz - "News of the Land"[2]) is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet. In North America, it comes out as a weekly newspaper, combining articles from the Friday edition with a roundup from the rest of the week.

Compared to other mass circulation papers in Israel, Haaretz uses smaller headlines and print. Less space is devoted to pictures, and more to political analysis. Its editorial pages are considered influential among government leaders.[3] Apart from the news, Haaretz publishes feature articles on social and environmental issues, as well as book reviews, investigative reporting and political commentary.

The Hebrew edition has a core readership of 65,000. The English edition has a subscriber base of 15,000. [4][5] The newspaper itself has reported a paid subscribership of 65,000, daily sales of 72,000 copies, and 100,000 on weekends.[6]

Haaretz's readership includes Israel's intelligentsia and its political and economic elites.[7][8][9] According to one media study, "the likelihood of Haaretz readership rises with income, education, and age."[10] Despite its relatively low circulation, it is more influential than Israel's other major daily newspapers.[7]

Contents

[edit] History

Haaretz was first published in 1918 as a newspaper sponsored by the British military government in Palestine.[11] In 1919 it was taken over by Russian Zionists. Initially, it was called Hadashot Ha'aretz ("News of the Land"). The literary section of the paper attracted the leading Hebrew writers of the time.[12] It was first published in Jerusalem, but moved to Tel Aviv in 1922, under the editorship of Moshe Gluecksohn, who served as editor from 1922 to 1937.[13] Salman Schocken, a wealthy German Jewish Zionist who owned a chain of department stores in Germany, bought the paper in 1937. His son, Gershom Schocken, became the chief editor in 1939 and held that position until his death in 1990.[14]

[edit] Management

The newspaper's editorial policy was defined by Gershom Gustav Schocken, who was editor-in-chief from 1939 to 1990. Haaretz is owned by the Schocken family. The editor of the paper today is Dov Alfon, replacing David Landau in April 2008.[15] Landau succeeded Hanoch Marmari[16] and Yoel Esteron in April 2004. Adar Primor was the editor of Haaretz English Edition from 2005-2007. Charlotte Halle became managing editor of the English Print Edition in 2007 and editor of the English Print Edition in February 2008.

In August 2006, DuMont Schauberg acquired 25 percent of the shares of the Haaretz group. This German publisher, based in Cologne, owns four daily newspapers and a dozen other publications. It is also a partial owner of various radio stations. The deal was negotiated with the help of former Israeli ambassador to Germany Avi Primor. According to the CEO of the Haaretz group Amos Schocken, the proceeds from the sale will allow the company to augment its stake at Walla!, an Israeli Internet site.

[edit] Editorial policy and viewpoints

Haaretz describes itself as broadly liberal on domestic issues and international affairs.[17] It is described as liberal[18][19][20][21][22] or left-wing.[23][24][25][26] Jonah Goldberg describes it as "Israel’s most vehemently anti-settlement daily paper."[27] According to the BBC it has a moderate stance on foreign policy and security issues.[28] The newspaper describes its op-ed pages as being open to a wide variety of political opinions.[29] In 2001, the pro-Israel media-monitoring and advocacy group CAMERA claimed that Haaretz fueled anti-Israel bias.[30] A 2003 study in the The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics found that Haaretz reporting was more favorable to Israelis than Palestinians, and more likely to report stories from the Israeli side.[31] Some Haaretz readers accused Haaretz of being anti-Jewish, anti-Israel and anti-Zionist.[32] Israeli author Irit Linur cancelled her subscription, claiming that Haaretz was anti-Zionist.[33][34] The Nation describes Haaretz as "Israel's liberal beacon," citing its editorials voicing opposition to the occupation, the security barrier, discriminatory treatment of Arab citizens, and the mindset that led to the Second Lebanon War.[5] Frontline described Haaretz as "the most prestigious Israeli newspaper".[35]

[edit] Internet editions

Haaretz operates both Hebrew[36] and English[37] language websites. Some articles on both websites are open to readers' comments. Haaretz's policy on comments is more tolerant than that of many news sites outside Israel, in line with its belief in freedom of expression and with the policy of most other Israeli news sites. As Fania Oz-Salzberger, a frequent contributor to the Haaretz opinion pages, put it: "It is possible and important to grapple with virtual evil, but not by silencing it. It is better to do so intelligently and with humor, in the same public space where it first saw the light of day – on the Internet itself. This is because sunshine, as American-Jewish Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis said, is the best disinfectant."[38] Others, among them Haaretz's Bradley Burston, feel that comments which promote extremism and hamper dialogue should be censored more aggressively.[39]

[edit] Internet blogs and columns

  • Focus U.S.A.[41] - The newly launched blog by U.S. correspondent Natasha Mozgovaya. Mozgovaya replaced Shmuel Rosner as U.S. correspondent in August 2008. Rosner's blog was called 'Rosner's Domain' [42] and explored Israeli, American Jewish and Zionist issues in the United States.
  • 'A Special Place in Hell' is Bradley Burston's twice-weekly award-winning blog on Haaretz.com.[43]

[edit] Editorial changes

Under Dov Alfon, major changes are taking place in Haaretz, including a return to more serious journalism, a turn to the left (including the return of World Press Freedom recipient Amira Hass to the newsroom) and the introduction of more cultural coverage in the news section.[44]

[edit] Notable journalists

[edit] Present

[edit] Past

[edit] Supplements and special features

[edit] All week

  • News, op-eds, political commentary
  • Gallery (Culture, entertainment, television and radio listings)
  • TheMarker business supplement
  • Sudoku puzzle

[edit] Sunday

  • Sports (extended)

[edit] Wednesday

  • Musaf Hasfarim book supplement

[edit] Friday

  • Extended news coverage
  • Musaf Haaretz weekend magazine
  • Culture and literature
  • Real estate
  • Local news

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Dov Alfon named as new Haaretz editor-in-chief - Haaretz - Israel News
  2. ^ http://www.pressreference.com/Gu-Ku/Israel.html
  3. ^ Beckerman, Gal (September/October 2005). "Disengaged". Columbia Journalism Review. http://cjrarchives.org/issues/2005/5/beckerman.asp. Retrieved on 2007-06-21. 
  4. ^ Haaretz (2007-10-26). "Subscribe to Haaretz". Haaretz. https://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/objects/pages/SubscribeEn.jhtml. 
  5. ^ a b Stephen Glazin (2007-09-06). "Ha'aretz, Israel's Liberal Beacon". The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070924/glain. 
  6. ^ Haaretz service. Dov Alfon named as new Haaretz editor-in-chief. Haaretz, Feb 13, 2008.
  7. ^ a b Rebecca L. Torstrick. Culture and Customs of Israel. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006
  8. ^ Idith Zertal, Chaya Galai. Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  9. ^ Elizabeth Poole, John E. Richardson. Muslims and the News Media. I.B.Tauris, 2006/
  10. ^ Dan Caspi, Yehiel Limor. The IN/Outsiders: Mass Media in Israel. Hampton Press, 1999. p. 79.
  11. ^ TAU- Institute of Jewish Press and Communications- The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Center
  12. ^ Encyclopedia Judaica, Newspapers, Hebrew, vol. 12, Keter Books, Jerusalem, 1978
  13. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=51345&contrassID=2&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=0
  14. ^ A newspaper's mission - Haaretz - Israel News
  15. ^ http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,599005,00.html
  16. ^ Hanoch Marmari speaks about Haaretz http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:fIMAMItDFyMJ:www.pij.org/details.php%3Fid%3D376+gershom+gustav+schocken&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4
  17. ^ Haaretz.com. About Haaretz. Accessed July 24, 2008.
  18. ^ Dan Caspi. Media Decentralization: The Case of Israel's Local Newspapers. Transaction Publishers, 1986.
  19. ^ Ira Sharkansky. The Politics of Religion and the Religion of Politics: Looking at Israel. Lexington Books, 2000.
  20. ^ Rebecca L. Torstrick. Culture and Customs of Israel. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006
  21. ^ Idith Zertal, Chaya Galai. Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood. Cambridge University Press, 2005
  22. ^ BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israeli media vents fury at Likud
  23. ^ http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/01/31/israels_olmert_looks_to_extend_west_bank_barrier/
  24. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3451497.stm
  25. ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL24528048
  26. ^ http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_RGNGSVV
  27. ^ Are Religious Soldiers To Blame for Alleged Abuse? News Analysis By J.J. Goldberg , Published March 25, 2009, issue of April 03, 2009. [1]
  28. ^ "The press in Israel". bbc.co.uk. 8 May 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4969714.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-14. 
  29. ^ Yossi Klein (September 25, 2007). "A sketch, in black and white". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/905836.html. Retrieved on 2007-09-26. 
  30. ^ http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=55&x_article=171
  31. ^ Matt Viser. Attempted objectivity: An analysis of the New York Times and Ha'aretz and their portrayals of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics. 2003, Vol. 8, No. 4, 114-120.
  32. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=209509&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
  33. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=209509&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y "Readers accused us of being anti-Jewish, anti-Israel and anti-Zionist" "A prominent Israeli best-selling author sent us a letter cancelling her subscription and accusing us of being foolishly and wickedly anti-Zionist."
  34. ^ http://www.ajpme.org/articles/operationd.htm "Ha'aretz, is currently the target of a consumer boycott for its alleged anti-Zionist tendencies. One-time leftist Irit Linor triggered the campaign by publicly canceling her subscription. "I don't want to be a subscriber to a newspaper that makes me ashamed of my Zionism, my patriotism, and my intelligence, three traits I hold dear," Linor wrote. The letter, published on a leading Israeli news site, provoked an unprecedented number of responses. Some 300 surfers wrote in, the overwhelming majority to support Linor, and even to announce that they too were canceling their subscriptions to Ha'aretz."
  35. ^ Israel's colonial war Frontline
  36. ^ חדשות, ידיעות מהארץ והעולם - עיתון הארץ
  37. ^ Haaretz Daily Newspaper Israel, Israeli News Source
  38. ^ The democratization of evil - Haaretz - Israel News
  39. ^ Ten ways to make sure that peace stays dead - Haaretz - Israel News
  40. ^ Haaretz Online, Shimon Peres (2007-11-07). "Peres Online". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/peres. 
  41. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/mozgovaya
  42. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/rosner
  43. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/762913.html
  44. ^ http://www.liberation.fr/monde/0101317100-haaretz-l-agora-d-israel
  45. ^ Haaretz.com senior editor Bradley Burston wins award for Mideast journalism - Haaretz - Israel News
  46. ^ Haaretz correspondent Akiva Eldar wins Mideast journalism award - Haaretz - Israel News
  47. ^ Fellow journalists to honor Haaretz commentator Yoel Marcus in Eilat - Haaretz - Israel News
  48. ^ http://www.indopubs.com/is4.html
  49. ^ Special Report
  50. ^ a b Haaretz reporters Klein, Reznick win Sokolov Award for Journalism - Haaretz - Israel News
  51. ^ (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/905834.html)
  52. ^ The long goodbye - Haaretz - Israel News
  53. ^ Haaretz journalist Ehud Asheri dies of cancer at 57 - Haaretz - Israel News
  54. ^ Daniel Ben-Simon: Why I'm leaving journalism for politics - Haaretz - Israel News
  • Le Figaro, page 20, August 14 2006 (DuMont Schauberg's purchase of 25 percent of shares of the Haaretz group)

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