Al-Watan Daily English has started. Issue No. 01
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Came home today to find the first issue of Al-Watan Daily english edition. Al-Watan dumped Daily Star Kuwait earlier in February after it got slack response from subscribers in Kuwait. First impressions puts Al-Watan Daily in interesting category. Todays edition had business supplement and International Herald Tribune. Overall the paper is somewhat similar to Kuwait Times in terms of amount of content. Lets see if Al-Watan can bank on its Arabic version and marketing strategy to push across Al-Watan as a competitior to Kuwait Times and Arab Times. By the way we are getting this paper in lieu of Daily Star Kuwait, so there are no additional charges at this stage for us.
On stand price 150 fils
Subscription price [not available at this moment]
Subscription Tel: [965] 4811 666
Web: www.alwatandaily.com
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Why didn’t they just revamp or totally overhaul The Daily Star? Thanks for posting a picture of it, I think I might check it out soon.
Why didn’t they just revamp or totally overhaul The Daily Star? Thanks for posting a picture of it, I think I might check it out soon.
Why didn’t they just revamp or totally overhaul The Daily Star? Thanks for posting a picture of it, I think I might check it out soon.
@Stinni: It seems they wanted to bank on a more familiar name and management group of Al-Watan. And that is not a bad idea, because if they are in the media business they should have been in the English language market themselves from the beginning rather than loose credibility with Daily Star publication. Also I have heard that they are planning entry into TV, Radio etc..so well lets see how they move from now onwards.
@Stinni: It seems they wanted to bank on a more familiar name and management group of Al-Watan. And that is not a bad idea, because if they are in the media business they should have been in the English language market themselves from the beginning rather than loose credibility with Daily Star publication. Also I have heard that they are planning entry into TV, Radio etc..so well lets see how they move from now onwards.
@Stinni: It seems they wanted to bank on a more familiar name and management group of Al-Watan. And that is not a bad idea, because if they are in the media business they should have been in the English language market themselves from the beginning rather than loose credibility with Daily Star publication. Also I have heard that they are planning entry into TV, Radio etc..so well lets see how they move from now onwards.
That’s smart by them. Thanks for the post
That’s smart by them. Thanks for the post
That’s smart by them. Thanks for the post
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing
@Bashar/Big Pearls:You are welcome
@Bashar/Big Pearls:You are welcome
@Bashar/Big Pearls:You are welcome