Akhbar Al Youm
Source Passport
EG-M-00001-8
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- Legal name
- Akhbar El Yom Establishment (مؤسسة أخبار اليوم)
- Country
- Egypt
- Type
- Newspaper
- Founded
- 1944
- Editor-in-chief
- Yasser Abdelhafez (Editor-in-chief, per site masthead)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 14 August 2026
0 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
3 of 6 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not applicable
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
- State-owned
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- Akhbar El Yom
- Al-Akhbar
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type Arab Republic of Egypt (state press institution managed by the National Press Authority) Direct State or public body - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- Fully state-owned
- Parent group Pending check
- National Press Authority (Egypt) (manages the state-owned national press institutions under Law No. 179 of 2018)
4 sources
- Law No. 179 of 2018 issuing the Law of the National Press Authority (text on lawyeregypt.net), read 2026-10-20 (Art. 1: national press institutions are the institutions, publishing and distribution companies and news agencies owned by the state in private ownership; Art. 4: the Authority manages the press institutions owned by the state; Art. 5(4): it appoints their board chairs and editors-in-chief; Arts 35 and 39: general assembly and board formed by Authority decision; no institution named)
- Al-Ahram Gate, 'نائب رئيس الوزراء يختتم اجتماعاته مع المؤسسات الصحفية القومية لمتابعة خطط إعادة الهيكلة', 5 Oct 2026, read 2026-10-20 (the Deputy Prime Minister held restructuring meetings with the eight national press institutions: Al-Ahram, Akhbar El Yom, Dar El Tahrir, Rose El Youssef, MENA, Dar El Hilal, Dar El Maaref and the National Distribution Company; on the Prime Minister's directives; NPA chairman present)
- Akhbar El Yom (m.akhbarelyom.com), 8 Feb 2026, read 2026-10-20 (NPA chairman Abdel-Sadek El-Shorbagy toured 'all pavilions of the national press institutions', described as support for the state's press institutions, including the Akhbar El Yom pavilion; chairman of the board Islam Afifi)
- State Media Monitor (Media and Journalism Research Center), 'National Press Authority (NPA)', 20 Jun 2026, read 2026-10-20 (context only: lists Akhbar Al-Youm among the eight state press organisations owned and managed by the NPA; NPA mainly financed from the state budget)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Partly verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts Pending check
Platform Link Facebook facebook.com/AkhbarElYom X x.com/akhbarelyom_Brk X twitter.com/akhbarelyom Instagram instagram.com/akhbarelyom/ YouTube youtube.com/user/akhbarelyoumtv Telegram t.me/akhbarelyomGate
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Not yet verified
- Sister outlets in the same group Pending check
- Akhbar El Hawadeth
- Akhbar El Nogoom
- Akhbar El Adab
- Akher Sa'a
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Control) |
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Channels, Networks) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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