''Maariv'' () is a
Hebrew-language
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daily
newspaper
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published in
Israel
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.
From Sunday to Thursday, it is printed under the ''Ma'ariv Hashavu'a'' () brand, while the weekend edition that is out on Friday is called ''Ma'ariv SofHashavu'a'' (). A daily, abridged version of the newspaper, called ''Ma'ariv Haboker'' (), is distributed for free every morning during the week. ''Ma'ariv Haboker'' is the fourth Israeli newspaper in readership (after ''
Israel HaYom
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'', ''
Yedioth Ahronoth
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'' and ''
Haaretz
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'').
Since May 2014, ''Maariv''s co-editors in chief are Doron Cohen and Golan Bar-Yosef. Apart from the daily newspaper and its supplements, ''Maariv'' has a chain of local newspapers with a national scale distribution and magazines division.
History
''Maariv'' was founded in 1948 by former ''Yediot Aharonot'' journalists led by Dr.
Ezriel Carlebach
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, who became Maariv's first editor-in-chief. It was the most widely read newspaper in Israel in its first twenty years.
For many years, the Nimrodi family held a controlling stake in ''Maariv'', and
Yaakov Nimrodi Yaakov Nimrodi ( he, יעקב נמרודי, born 1 June 1926) is an Israeli businessman and former Israeli intelligence officer. Nimrodi, the father of Ofer Nimrodi, was the chairman of ''Maariv'', which he acquired in 1992.
Biography
Yaakov Nimrod ...
served as its chairman. In March 2010, Zaki Rakib bought a 50% share from
Israel Land Development Company
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His ...
and
Ofer Nimrodi
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Ofer Nimrodi, whose family was of Iraqi-Jewish origin, was born to Rivka and Yaakov Nimrodi in Iran in 1957 while his fa ...
, bringing new energy and a much needed cash infusion to the newspaper, which had been losing millions of
NIS
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a year since 2004. Rakib became the new chairman.
However, it was announced in March 2011 that
Nochi Dankner
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was to take control of ''Maariv'' through his Discount Investment. On 25 March, Discount transferred 20 million NIS to the struggling firm. On 11 September, ''Maariv''s chairman Dani Yakobi issued a statement saying that he would sell the newspaper's printing equipment to be able to pay September salaries. On 7 September, Globes announced that Dankner had reached an agreement with Shlomo Ben-Zvi, publisher of ''
Makor Rishon
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'', to buy out the newspaper. However, the deal faltered, and Dankner turned to the court on 23 September for a stay of proceedings' process. The court appointed a trustee, Shlomo Nass, who ran the newspaper and searched for a buyer. During the following weeks the workers waged a campaign against IDB and Dankner, demanding he honor his obligations to them and pay their salaries, pensions and severance packages in full.
![Maariv Workers Protest](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Maariv_Workers_Protest.jpg)
In early November the trustee sold the newspaper to Ben Zvi without the debts or the workers. Ben Zvi kept a fraction of the journalists and commenced a partial convergence process between ''Maariv'' and ''Makor Rishon'' under his company, Makor Rishon Hatzofe Hameuchad.
As of January 2013, the company Maariv Modiin Ltd. no longer operates ''Maariv'', and until its scheduled closure it will be operated by the court appointed trustee.
In March 2014, after a long struggle to stabilize the company, Ben Zvi turned to the municipal Jerusalem court for a stay of proceedings' process. ''Maariv'' closed most of its departments and published only a thin version, until the court appointed trustee could find a new owner. In May 2014 the brand was purchased by Eli Azur, who has holdings in a number of media outlets in Israel, including ''
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'', ''Sport1'', ''
Israel Post
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'' and 103FM radio station. A few days after the deal was approved, Azur relaunched the daily newspaper as ''Maariv-Hashavua'', and a weekend edition called ''Maariv-Sofhashavua'', which is an amalgamation of ''Maariv'' and the group's weekend magazine ''Sofhashavua''.
Political orientation
''Maariv'', associated with Israel's political center, was critical of
Benjamin Netanyahu
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's center-right government.
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, in a ''Haaretz'' opinion piece penned in 2012, wrote that the owner of ''Maariv'' had resolved a few years earlier to steer the newspaper leftward, "forsaking the right-wing readership that was loyal to it for years".
Circulation
In a TGI survey for the first half of 2012, ''Maariv''s market share was 11.9 percent.
Until 2013 ''Maariv'' owned a printing house, which was sold to the newspaper
Yisrael Hayom
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to cover the newspaper's big debts. Since then ''Maariv'' has outsourced the printing operations to other printing houses.
Supplements
* Weekdays:
** ''Hamagazine'' – daily magazine, including culture and entertainment, crosswords, television and radio listings; used to include opinions
** ''Asakim'' – financial section
** Sport section
* Tuesday
** ''Signon'' – home magazine
* Wednesday
** ''Signon'' – fashion magazine
* Friday
** ''Musafshabat'' – in-depth political analysis and commentary
** ''Sofshavua'' – weekend magazine
** ''Journal'' – culture and entertainment, TV and radio listings
** ''Asakim'' – financial magazine
** ''At'' – YOU, women's magazine
** A local affiliated weekly newspaper, depending on the region
Notable journalists
Present
* Menachem Ben – literature critic, publicist
*
Yehonatan Geffen
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Early life and education
Geffen was born in ...
– columnist
* Mordechai Haimovich – magazine writer
*
Tzipi Hotovely
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– columnist
*
Kalman Liebskind
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Liebskind was born in Nir Galim and studied at the Yeshivat Or Etzion. He was drafted into the Intelligence Corps ...
– journalist and columnist
* Avi Ratzon – sport commentator
* Ruvik Rosenthal –
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columnist
* Erel Segal – columnist
*
Ben-Dror Yemini
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Biography
Ben-Dror Yemini was b ...
– publicist (politics)
* Ben Caspit -
journalist and columnist
Past
![Dahn Ben-Amotz](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Dahn_Ben-Amotz.jpg)
*
Dahn Ben Amotz
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– humor, culture, gossip (deceased)
* Kobi Arieli – satirist
* Ben Caspit – political and diplomatic analyst
*
Daniel Dagan
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- political correspondent
*
Amnon Dankner
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Amnon Dankner was born in Jerusalem. Hi ...
– chief editor
* Jacob Farkas ("Ze'ev") –
cartoon
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ist (deceased)
* Kariel Gardosh ("Dosh") – cartoonist, creator of the "
Srulik
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The cartoon appeared for many years in the newspaper ''Maariv'' ...
" ("little Israel") character (deceased)
*
Dudu Geva
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David (Dudu) Geva was born in Jerusalem. He began his artistic career at the age of 17, writin ...
– humor and satire (deceased)
* Jacky Hugi – Arab and Middle East correspondent
*
Ephraim Kishon
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– humor and satire (deceased)
*
Tommy Lapid
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– editor, turned to politics and returned to the paper as a publicist (deceased)
* Ron Maiberg – columnist
*
Dan Margalit – political columnist
*
Ofer Shelach – political, military and diplomatic analyst, sport commentator
* Meir Shnitzer – TV and film critic
See also
*
List of newspapers in Israel
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References
External links
*
Maariv Holdings Ltd.– ''
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Online, searchable ''Maariv'' editionsfrom the
Historical Jewish Press
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Maariv Onlineis the newspaper's news website. it includes updates from most of the other media outlets owned by the group, such as ''The Jerusalem Post'', Sport 1,2 Radio 103FM and 99FM.
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