L’Orient-Le Jour / L’Orient Today
Source Passport
LB-M-00006-3
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- Legal name
- Not disclosed
- Country
- Lebanon
- Type
- Newspaper
- Founded
- 1971
- Editor-in-chief
- Élie Fayad and Anthony Samrani (editors-in-chief); Nayla de Freige (Chairwoman and CEO); Rima Abdul Malak (executive director from 10 Nov 2025)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 14 August 2026
0 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Not yet disclosed
1 of 7 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence not disclosed
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated not disclosed
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
- Owners or executives hold or held political office
- Owners not disclosed
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- L'Orient-Le Jour
- L'Orient Today
- OLJ
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- L'Orient Today, 'Who we are' page, read 2026-10-19 (L'Orient founded 1924, Le Jour 1934, merged 15 Jun 1971; Groupe L'Orient-Le Jour headed by Nayla de Freige, led by Rima Abdul Malak from 10 Nov 2025; editors-in-chief Élie Fayad and Anthony Samrani; no political money; revenue from sales, print and online subscriptions and advertising; group titles Le Commerce du Levant (since 1998) and L'Orient Littéraire; X handle @LOrientLeJour)
- L'Orient Today, 'Rima Abdul Malak takes the helm of the L'Orient-Le Jour group', by Nayla de Freige, Chairwoman and CEO, 25 Sep 2025, read 2026-10-19 (Abdul Malak becomes executive director from 10 Nov 2025; she was French minister of culture 2022-2024)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence
- Not disclosed
- Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership
- Not disclosed
- Parent group Pending check
- Groupe L'Orient-Le Jour
2 sources
- L'Orient Today, 'Who we are' page, read 2026-10-19 (L'Orient founded 1924, Le Jour 1934, merged 15 Jun 1971; Groupe L'Orient-Le Jour headed by Nayla de Freige, led by Rima Abdul Malak from 10 Nov 2025; editors-in-chief Élie Fayad and Anthony Samrani; no political money; revenue from sales, print and online subscriptions and advertising; group titles Le Commerce du Levant (since 1998) and L'Orient Littéraire; X handle @LOrientLeJour)
- L'Orient Today, 'The editorial charter of the L'Orient-Le Jour group', 14 Feb 2022, read 2026-10-19 (shareholders refuse any political funding; editorial values defined by the Board of Directors; titles OLJ and L'Orient-Today)
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
Not yet verified
- Official websites Pending check
- Official social accounts Pending check
Platform Link X twitter.com/LOrientLeJour
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
- Le Commerce du Levant
- L'Orient Littéraire
- Documented public-office or party roles Pending check
- On file; available on request. Request the full record
2 sources
- L'Orient Today, 'Who we are' page, read 2026-10-19 (L'Orient founded 1924, Le Jour 1934, merged 15 Jun 1971; Groupe L'Orient-Le Jour headed by Nayla de Freige, led by Rima Abdul Malak from 10 Nov 2025; editors-in-chief Élie Fayad and Anthony Samrani; no political money; revenue from sales, print and online subscriptions and advertising; group titles Le Commerce du Levant (since 1998) and L'Orient Littéraire; X handle @LOrientLeJour)
- L'Orient Today, 'Rima Abdul Malak takes the helm of the L'Orient-Le Jour group', by Nayla de Freige, Chairwoman and CEO, 25 Sep 2025, read 2026-10-19 (Abdul Malak becomes executive director from 10 Nov 2025; she was French minister of culture 2022-2024)
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Channels, Networks) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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