Gulf News

Gulf News is an English-language daily newspaper and multi-platform news brand published in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, by Al Nisr Publishing. It is one of the longest-running and most widely read English-language news titles in the Gulf, aimed primarily at the UAE's large expatriate population as well as regional and international readers interested in Gulf affairs. The brand began as a weekly newspaper in 1978 and converted to a daily in the early 1980s, growing alongside Dubai's emergence as a regional commercial and media hub. Over the decades Gulf News built a broad editorial remit covering UAE national news, business and markets, sport, lifestyle, technology and opinion, and it became known for classified advertising and public-service journalism as much as for hard news. Today Gulf News operates as a multiplatform media brand: a print daily, the gulfnews.com website and mobile apps, newsletters, video and podcast output, and a set of companion titles and verticals under the same publishing house. Its business coverage, including the long-running Gulf News business section, is a reference point for readers tracking the UAE and GCC economies. The title is privately held through Al Nisr Publishing rather than listed on a stock exchange, and it positions itself as a mainstream, UAE-centred general-interest daily with strong regional and international news coverage. It competes in the English-language Gulf media market with titles such as Khaleej Times, The National and Gulf Daily News, and it remains one of the most recognised media brands in the region.

Gulf News was launched in 1978 as a weekly English-language newspaper in Dubai, at a time when the emirate was beginning to position itself as a trading and services hub for the Gulf. Within a few years it moved to daily publication, a shift that coincided with rapid population growth, an influx of expatriate professionals and the expansion of Dubai's media and advertising market. Through the 1980s and 1990s the paper expanded its editorial scope and its commercial base. It became a fixture of Dubai's English-language reading public, building out news, business, sport and lifestyle sections and a substantial classified advertising business. Its ownership sat with Al Nisr Publishing, the Dubai publishing house that also developed companion titles and printing operations. The late 1990s and 2000s brought two structural changes. First, the Gulf's English-language newspaper market became more competitive, with new national and regional titles launched in the UAE and neighbouring countries. Second, the internet reshaped news consumption: Gulf News invested in an online presence, and gulfnews.com gradually became a primary distribution channel alongside print, later extended to mobile apps, newsletters and video. In the 2010s and 2020s the brand continued to operate as a multiplatform newsroom, covering the UAE's economic diversification, major regional events hosted in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and Gulf geopolitics, while adapting its advertising and subscription models to digital. It remains one of the region's best-known English-language news brands and a long-standing part of Dubai's media landscape.

• 1978

  Gulf News launched in Dubai as a weekly English-language newspaper.

• Converted from weekly to daily publication in the early 1980s.

• Established gulfnews.com as a major digital news channel alongside print.

Mainstream, UAE-centred English-language general-interest daily with strong regional and international coverage, privately held and read widely by the expatriate and business communities.

• Gulf News print daily

  English-language daily newspaper distributed in the UAE.

• gulfnews.com

  Digital news platform with UAE, regional and international coverage.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2026.07.09

  Gulf News launches LevelUP expo for working professionals[2]海湾新闻推出面向职场人士的LevelUP展会gulfnews.com

  Gulf News is expanding its education portfolio with the launch of Gulf News LevelUP, a new two-day expo designed to support working professionals seeking to upskill, reskill and advance their careers. The event is scheduled for September 26 and 27 at Dusit Thani Hotel, Sheikh Zayed Road, and will bring together universities, education providers, industry experts and career-focused professionals.

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1. 1Gulf News official websitegulfnews.com
2. 2海湾新闻推出面向职场人士的LevelUP展会gulfnews.com