Makor Rishon
Encyclopedia
Makor Rishon is an Israel
i daily newspaper, identified with conservative national and religious values.
It is published in Tel Aviv
; most of its readership is made up of paying subscribers. During the week, Makor Rishon is published in tabloid format. The weekend edition, published on Friday, is a broadsheet
.
The editor-in-chief is Amnon Lord
, an experienced Israeli journalist and writer who started his career in the left-wing
Peace Now movement, editing its now-defunct weekly Koteret Rashit. Lord changed his views following the Oslo Accords
. In Lord's editorials and op-ed articles, there are still frequent expressions of support for Binyamin Netanyahu, evident especially during and following the 2006 elections.
In late 2003, Shlomo Ben-Tzvi's Hirsch Media purchased the newspaper. In 2005, he launched a new format for Makor Rishon: a broadsheet news section, and seven weekly supplements including a political features section, a magazine section, supplements covering economics and sports, a children's magazine, and a large section featuring high culture
, literature
, and Jewish scholarship
. On April 25, 2007, Makor Rishon started publishing daily. At the same time, HaTzofe (also owned by Hirsch Media) stopped publishing its daily edition, becoming instead a weekly religious insert in Makor Rishon.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i daily newspaper, identified with conservative national and religious values.
It is published in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
; most of its readership is made up of paying subscribers. During the week, Makor Rishon is published in tabloid format. The weekend edition, published on Friday, is a broadsheet
Broadsheet
Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet...
.
The editor-in-chief is Amnon Lord
Amnon Lord
Amnon Lord , is an Israeli journalist with the daily newspaper Makor Rishon. His articles and essays about media, film, and politics have been published in The Jerusalem Post, Nativ, Azure, and Achshav. Lord wrote and anchored a TV series about the beginnings of Israeli cinema...
, an experienced Israeli journalist and writer who started his career in the left-wing
Left-wing politics
In politics, Left, left-wing and leftist generally refer to support for social change to create a more egalitarian society...
Peace Now movement, editing its now-defunct weekly Koteret Rashit. Lord changed his views following the Oslo Accords
Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles , was an attempt to resolve the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict...
. In Lord's editorials and op-ed articles, there are still frequent expressions of support for Binyamin Netanyahu, evident especially during and following the 2006 elections.
Collapse and Revival
After a financial collapse, the paper was revived in 1999 and an effort was made to obtain financial stability and an increase in readership. The paper was published in tabloid format with two section inserts, one for political analysis and one for features.In late 2003, Shlomo Ben-Tzvi's Hirsch Media purchased the newspaper. In 2005, he launched a new format for Makor Rishon: a broadsheet news section, and seven weekly supplements including a political features section, a magazine section, supplements covering economics and sports, a children's magazine, and a large section featuring high culture
High culture
High culture is a term, now used in a number of different ways in academic discourse, whose most common meaning is the set of cultural products, mainly in the arts, held in the highest esteem by a culture...
, literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, and Jewish scholarship
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
. On April 25, 2007, Makor Rishon started publishing daily. At the same time, HaTzofe (also owned by Hirsch Media) stopped publishing its daily edition, becoming instead a weekly religious insert in Makor Rishon.