{{short description|Israeli daily newspaper}} {{Multiple issues| {{update|date=May 2026}} {{tone|date=May 2026}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = {{Lang|he-latn|Yedioth Ahronoth}} | logo = Yedioth Ahronot logo.svg | image = Yedioth Ahronoth cover.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_alt = border | caption = Front page dated 31 March 1940 | type = Daily newspaper | format = Tabloid | owners = Yedioth Ahronoth Group | founder = {{ill|Gershom Komarov|he|גרשום קומרוב}} | publisher = Arnon Mozes | editor = {{ill|Neta Livne|he|נטע ליבנה}} | founded = {{Start date|1939|12|11|df=y}} | language = Hebrew, English, Spanish | headquarters = 138 Begin Rd.,<br />Tel Aviv, Israel | circulation = 300,000 weekdays<br />600,000 weekends | circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressreference.com/Gu-Ku/Israel.html|title=Israel Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers|access-date=22 September 2012|publisher=Press Reference}}</ref> | sister_newspapers = ''Calcalist'' | ISSN = | oclc = | website = {{URL|https://www.yediot.co.il/|yediot.co.il}}<br/>{{URL|https://www.ynetnews.com|yediot.com}}<br/>{{URL|https://www.ynetespanol.com|ynetespanol.com}} | publishing_country = Israel }} '''{{Lang|he-latn|Yedioth Ahronoth}}''' ({{langx|he|יְדִיעוֹת אַחֲרוֹנוֹת}}, {{IPA|he|jediˈ(ʔ)ot aχ(a)ʁoˈnot|pron|Yediot aharonot.ogg}}; lit. "Latest News") is an Israeli daily mass market newspaper<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/10/us-envoy-secret-talks-hamas-anger-netanyahu-administration|title=US envoy's secret talks with Hamas anger Netanyahu administration|author1=Andrew Roth|author2= Jason Burke|work=The Guardian}}</ref> published in Tel Aviv. Founded in 1939, {{Lang|he-latn|Yedioth Ahronoth}} is Israel's largest paid newspaper by sales and circulation and has been described as "undoubtedly the country's number-one paper."<ref name=jvl>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/press.html The Israeli Press] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020911024443/http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_%26_Culture/press.html |date=11 September 2002 }} Jewish Virtual Library</ref> It is published in the tabloid format.
It is known as centrist,{{explain|date=March 2025}} compared to the left-leaning newspaper of record ''Haaretz'' and the right-leaning free daily ''Israel Hayom''.
==History== [[File:Yediot.jpg|thumb|right|{{Lang|he-latn|Yedioth Ahronoth}}{{'}}s former headquarters in Tel Aviv<ref>The building has been demolished in order to make room for another building as part of the adjacent Azrieli Center {{in lang|he}} http://nadlan.walla.co.il/item/2945873</ref>]]
=== 1939–1948: Foundation and expansion === {{Lang|he-latn|Yedioth Ahronoth}} was established in 1939 by an investor named {{ill|Gershom Komarov|he|גרשום קומרוב}}. It was the first evening paper in Mandatory Palestine, and attempted to emulate the format of the ''London Evening Standard''. Running into financial difficulties, Komarov sold the paper to {{ill|Yehuda Mozes|he|יהודה מוזס}}, a wealthy land dealer who regarded the paper as an interesting hobby and a long-term financial investment. His sons Reuben and Noah ran the paper, with Noah as the first managing editor.<ref name="jvl"/>
=== 1948–1984: In competition with ''Maariv'' === In 1948, a large group of journalists and staff members led by chief editor Ezriel Carlebach left to form ''Yedioth Maariv,'' shortly later known as ''Maariv''. According to Carlebach and his associates, their reason for leaving {{Lang|he-latn|Yedioth Ahronoth}} was Mozes' interference in their editorial decisions. He was replaced as chief editor by Herzl Rosenblum. Carelbach is considered the most prominent journalist of his era and his and his associates' departure from ''Yedioth'' is commonly known in Israeli media history as "The Putsch", or the coup. This began an ongoing battle for circulation and prestige between the rival newspapers, which peaked during the 1990s when both papers were discovered to have bugged one another's phones.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=10 November 2000 |publisher=CBC |title=Israel's newspaper war gets nasty |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-s-newspaper-war-gets-nasty-1.193696 |access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Editor of Israeli paper Ma'ariv is charged in wiretapping case |url=https://www.jweekly.com/1995/08/25/editor-of-israeli-paper-ma-ariv-is-charged-in-wiretapping-case/ |newspaper=The Jewish News of Northern California |date=25 August 1995 |access-date=23 September 2012}}</ref> In the first decades following Carlebach's departure, ''Maariv''{{'}}s circulation greatly outnumbered ''Yedioth''{{'}}s although over the years ''Yedioth''{{'}}s readership grew steadily and by the early 1980s its circulation eclipsed ''Maariv''{{'}}s and made it the country's largest newspaper. This success was in large part thanks to the efforts of Dov Yudkovski, a distant cousin of Mozes and Holocaust survivor who joined ''Yedioth'' following "the Putsch" in 1948, serving as editorial manager between 1953 and 1986, and chief editor between 1986 and 1989. Although officially Rosenblum held the title of chief editor between 1948 and 1986, his duties only extended to writing the paper's leading editorial article while Yudkovski acted as chief editor in practice.
=== 1984–1993: In competition with ''Hadashot'' === On 4 March 1984, a new competitor to ''Yediot Ahronoth'' was established, the ''Hadashot'' newspaper founded by Amos Schocken. ''Hadashot'' featured a large color headline and color pages, and used more innovative and less formal language. Its main target audience were the readers of ''Yediot Ahronot'', a situation that required ''Yediot Ahronot'' to react in order to maintain its readers and market position. ''Yediot'' editor Moshe Vardi, together with Noni Mozes, led the transition of the newspaper to printing in color. Zeev Galili, appointed head of reporters, recruited a series of freelance reporters from other newspapers, and worked to improve the newspaper's ability to obtain scoops. The changes in ''Yediot Ahronot'' paid off, and ''Hadashot'' was forced to close after nine years of activity, after heavy losses for the Schocken family.
=== 1993–2007: The Newspaper of the Nation === For his achievements, Yudkovski was awarded the Sokolov Prize for Journalism in 2000 and the 2002 Israel Prize in Communications. Moshe Vardi was replaced as editor in 2005 by Rafi Ginat. Shilo De-Beer was promoted to editor in April 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Back to the future |first=Asaf |last=Carmel |url=https://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/back-to-the-future-1.219430 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111135559/http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/back-to-the-future-1.219430 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 January 2011 |newspaper=Haaretz |date=1 May 2007 |access-date=23 September 2012}}</ref>
Mistakes did happen over the years. For example, in 2003, the co-founder of Aswat, an organization supporting lesbian Palestinian women, was outed by the Yedioth Ahronoth after agreeing to an interview, despite asking for her sexual orientation not be included in the article.<ref name="Morcos">{{cite interview |last=Morcos |first=Rauda |subject-link=Rauda Morcos |interviewer-last1=Habib |interviewer-first1=Samar |interviewer-last2=Moujaes |interviewer-first2=Nayla |title=Between Patriarchy and Occupation: Rauda Morcos and Palestinian Lesbian Activism for Bodily Rights |work=al-raida |date=2012–2023 |publisher=Academia.edu |location= |url=https://www.academia.edu/37012147/Al_Raida_interview_with_Rauda_Morcos_pdf |access-date=1 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102025546/https://www.academia.edu/37012147/Al_Raida_interview_with_Rauda_Morcos_pdf |archive-date=2 November 2023 }}</ref>
In 2006, ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' was the most widely-read newspaper among both native Hebrew and Arabic speakers.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4969714.stm |title=The press in Israel |date=8 May 2006 |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref>
=== Since 2007: In competition with ''Israel Hayom'' === In 2007, ''Israel Hayom'', a free newspaper owned by the family of casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, was launched.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000534102&fid=942|title=TGI survey shows "Globes" only paper to grow|author=Li-Or Averbuch|date=27 January 2010|publisher=Globes|access-date=27 January 2010}}</ref> By July 2010, ''Israel Hayom'' had overtaken {{Lang|he-latn|Yedioth Ahronoth}} as the most read newspaper in terms of exposure with a rate of 35.2% compared to ''Yedioth''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 34.9%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000577741&fid=1725|title= After decades, "Yedioth" no longer top newspaper|author=Li-Or Averbuch|date= 28 July 2010|publisher=Globes|access-date=28 July 2010}}</ref>
De-Beer was replaced as editor by Ron Yaron in 2011. As of 2017, the paper is headed by Noah Mozes's son, Arnon Mozes. In January 2017, secret recordings were released of conversations between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mozes discussing a potential deal in which the newspaper would provide better coverage of Netanyahu in exchange for the government limiting the circulation of competitor ''Israel Hayom''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.763649 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108145151/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.763649 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 January 2017 |title=In Secret Tape, Netanyahu Negotiated Favorable Coverage With Israeli Media Mogul |last1=Haaretz |author-link=Haaretz |date=2017-01-08|last2=Tucker|first2=Nati|newspaper=Haaretz |language=en |access-date=2017-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.764931 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113225319/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.764931 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 January 2017 |title=Netanyahu Promised to Media Mogul to Stifle Adelson's Daily: 'We Can Legislate It, We'll Set Up a Committee' |date=2017-01-13 |newspaper=Haaretz |language=en |access-date=2017-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pfeffer |first=Anshel |date=Feb 1, 2022 |title=Adelson's Paper Is No Longer Backing Netanyahu. Who Will It Champion Next? |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-02-01/ty-article/.premium/israel-hayom-is-no-longer-netanyahus-paper-who-will-it-champion-next/0000017f-f4ac-d5bd-a17f-f6be28f30000 |access-date=2022-06-18 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Weitz |first1=Gidi |title=Netanyahu's Co-defendant Has Been Trying to Negotiate a Plea Bargain |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2021-06-04/ty-article/.premium/netanyahus-co-defendant-has-been-trying-to-negotiate-a-plea-bargain/0000017f-e73e-d62c-a1ff-ff7f54490000 |access-date=13 March 2024 |work=Haaretz.com |date=4 June 2021}}</ref> This led to the opening of "Case 2000" corruption investigation against Netanyahu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=מסוכן יותר מנתניהו: האיש שכולם מפחדים להזכיר את שמו |trans-title=More dangerous than Netanyahu: The man whose name everyone is afraid to mention |date=2 March 2019 |publisher=The Marker |url=https://www.themarker.com/advertising/2019-03-02/ty-article-opinion/.premium/0000017f-efc2-d487-abff-fffecd210000 |archive-date=26 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626212249/https://www.themarker.com/advertising/2019-03-02/ty-article-opinion/.premium/0000017f-efc2-d487-abff-fffecd210000 |language=he }}</ref>
As of 31 July 2023, a TGI survey indicated that ''Israel Hayom'', distributed for free, is Israel's most read newspaper, with a 29.4% weekday readership exposure, followed by ''Yedioth Ahronoth'', with 22.3%, ''Haaretz'' with 4.8%, ''Globes'' with 4% and ''Maariv'' with 3.9%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=סקר TGI: דרמה בצמרת הפרינט והפתעה בעיתונות סוף השבוע |url=https://www.ice.co.il/research/news/article/974349 |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=Ice |date=31 July 2023 |language=he}}</ref>
==Yedioth Ahronoth Group== The newspaper is owned by the Yedioth Ahronoth Group,<ref>{{cite news |title=Yedioth Ahronoth group pays dividend of NIS 200 million |first=Yoram |last=Gavison |url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/yedioth-ahronoth-group-pays-dividend-of-nis-200-million-1.68625 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511181859/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/yedioth-ahronoth-group-pays-dividend-of-nis-200-million-1.68625 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 May 2015 |newspaper=Haaretz |date=1 September 2001 |access-date=23 September 2012}}</ref> which also owns shares in several Israeli mass media companies, including "Channel 2", a commercial television channel; "Hot", the national cable TV company; "Yedioth Tikshoret", a group of weekly local newspapers; ''Vesti'', a Russian language newspaper; magazines, such as the weekly TV guide magazine ''Pnai Plus'' and weekly women's magazine ''La'Isha''; book publisher "Yedioth Books", and other non-media companies.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
==Yedioth Books==
Yedioth Books, formerly Miskal, is one of Israel’s three leading book publishers, publishing annually roughly 300 fiction, nonfiction and youth titles, both original and translated.
Its list of Hebrew authors includes Eyal Meged, Ephraim Kishon, Assaf Inbari, Yoram Kenyuk, Haviva Pedaya, Smadar Shir, Ben Caspit, Yair Lapid, Ehud Olmert and Moshe Yaalon. Its translated authors include J.K. Rowling, Harlan Coben, Hans Fallada, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Yedioth Books’ series “People of the Book” published 24 monumental works of Jewish literature, ranging from the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Babylonian Talmud and medieval mystics to the writings of Moses Maimonides, S.Y. Agnon, Leah Goldberg and Theodor Herzl.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/arts-and-culture/arts/article-89773}}</ref>
Founded in 1995 as a merger between Yedioth Ahronoth and book publisher Hemed, Yedioth Books has been headed since its foundation by CEO Dovi Eichenwald. The company’s chief operating officer is Eyal Dadush.
==Positions and reputation== The paper describes itself as "The Newspaper of the Nation" and generally offers editorial space to views across the Israeli political spectrum.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk"/> ''The Forward'' has described Yedioth Ahronoth as centrist compared to the right-leaning ''Ma'ariv'' and left-leaning ''Ha'aretz''.<ref name="Forward">{{cite news |last1=Popper |first1=Nathaniel |title=Israeli Newspaper Brawl Moving to the Internet |url=https://forward.com/news/2979/israeli-newspaper-brawl-moving-to-the-internet/ |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=The Forward |date=2005-02-25}}</ref>
{{Lang|he-latn|Yedioth Ahronoth}} is frequently critical of Benjamin Netanyahu.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/world/netanyahu-throws-a-punch-in-israels-newspaper-war.html?_r=0 |title=Netanyahu Throws a Punch in Israel's Newspaper War |author=Jodi Rudoren |newspaper=The New York Times |date=9 February 2015}}</ref> A study conducted by Moran Rada with the Israeli Democracy Institute showed that ''Yedioth''{{'}}s coverage of the 2009 Israeli legislative election was biased in favor of Kadima and its leader Tzipi Livni in most editorial decisions, and that the paper chose to play down events that did not help to promote a positive image for her, while on the other hand, touting and inflating events that helped promote Livni and her party.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.the7eye.org.il/articles/Pages/090708_The_newspaper_Israel_Today_as_a_political_apparatus.aspx|script-title=he:נתניהו שילם, מה אתם רוצים ממנו?|author=Moran Rada|publisher=Israeli Democracy Institute|work=HaAyin HaShevi'it|date=9 July 2008|language=he}}</ref> Oren Frisco reached a similar conclusion after the 2009 Knesset elections, writing that throughout the campaign, ''Yediot Ahronoth'' was biased against Netanyahu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the7eye.org.il/articles/Pages/100209_Biased_media_outlets_and_the_2009_election.aspx?RetUrl=/articles/Pages/katavot_lobby.aspx|script-title=he:אצל אביגדור בחצר|author=Oren Persico|publisher=Israeli Democracy Institute|work=HaAyin HaShevi'it|date=10 February 2009|language=he}}</ref>
According to commination professor Gadi Wolfsfeld, its marketing strategy emphasizes "drama and human interest over sophisticated analysis."<ref>Wolfsfeld, G. (1997) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ccvg1Ln6_VQC&dq=Yediot+Ahronot+tabloid+or+not&pg=PA96 ''Media and Political Conflict''], p. 96 {{ISBN|0-521-58967-3}}</ref>
==See also== {{portal|Israel|Journalism}} * List of newspapers in Israel * Media of Israel * ''Ynet'', internet version of the newspaper in Hebrew
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|https://www.yediot.co.il/}} {{in lang|he}} * [https://www.yedioth.co.il {{Lang|he-latn|Yedioth Ahronoth}}] subscriptions portal {{in lang|he}} * [http://www.ynetnews.com Ynetnews] news website linked to the paper {{in lang|en}} *[https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1531263D:IT Company profile on Bloomberg] (in English) * ''[https://www.ynetespanol.com YnetEspanol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206014902/https://www.ynetespanol.com/ |date=6 February 2020 }}'', internet version in Spanish * ''[https://www.vesty.co.il Vesty]'', Russian website of Ynet
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