The Israeli press, newsroom by newsroom.
Who owns each outlet, how it is funded, when it started, which language it publishes in, and where baba News places it. 18 profiles, from a wire that reads 58.
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Who Owns the Israeli Media?
No single group owns it. Yedioth Ahronoth Group owns Ynet and Calcalist, Keshet Media Group owns N12, the Haaretz Group owns Haaretz and TheMarker, the Jerusalem Post Group owns The Jerusalem Post and Maariv, Reshet 13 owns Channel 13, and Kan is the public broadcaster, funded from the public broadcasting budget rather than by advertising. Israel Hayom is a privately funded free daily.
Ownership matters when you read a story, which is why baba News records it for every newsroom on the wire, alongside the funding model and the side of the press the outlet belongs to. What it does not publish is a reliability score, because a single number nobody can check is not evidence.
Every Newsroom with a Profile
Placement, ownership and language at a glance. Open one for the full profile.
| Newsroom | Placement | Owner and language |
|---|---|---|
| Ynet | Center · Mainstream | Yedioth Ahronoth Group · Hebrew, English |
| N12 | Center · Mainstream | Keshet Media Group · Hebrew |
| Haaretz | Left · Left | Haaretz Group · Hebrew, English |
| Israel Hayom | Right · Right | Israel Hayom Ltd. · Hebrew |
| Kan News | Center · Mainstream | Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation · Hebrew |
| Channel 13 | Center · Mainstream | Reshet 13 · Hebrew |
| Now 14 | Right · Right | Channel 14 · Hebrew |
| Walla | Center · Mainstream | Walla Communications · Hebrew |
| Maariv | Center · Mainstream | Jerusalem Post Group · Hebrew |
| The Times of Israel | Center · Mainstream | Ownership not recorded · English, Hebrew |
| The Jerusalem Post | Right · Right | Jerusalem Post Group · English |
| i24NEWS | Center · Mainstream | Altice Group · Hebrew, English, Arabic, French |
| Arutz Sheva | Right · Religious-Zionist press | Arutz Sheva · Hebrew, English |
| Kikar HaShabbat | Right · Haredi press | Ownership not recorded · Hebrew |
| Behadrei Haredim | Right · Haredi press | Ownership not recorded · Hebrew |
| Globes | Unrated · Business press | Ownership not recorded · Hebrew |
| Calcalist | Unrated · Business press | Yedioth Ahronoth Group · Hebrew |
| TheMarker | Unrated · Business press | Haaretz Group · Hebrew |
Left
- Haaretz · הארץ
The oldest daily still publishing in Israel, founded in 1918. baba News places it on the left of the Israeli press.
Mainstream
- Ynet
One of the highest-volume news sites in Israel, and usually among the first to file on a breaking story.
- N12
The news site of Channel 12, the most-watched television news in Israel. What leads N12 in the evening tends to set the next morning’s agenda.
- Kan News · כאן
Publicly funded rather than advertising funded, which is why baba News labels its funding separately from the commercial channels.
- Channel 13 · חדשות 13
The second commercial television news channel, and the main competitor to Channel 12 for the evening audience.
- Walla · וואלה
One of the oldest Hebrew web portals, founded in 1995, covering news alongside lifestyle and entertainment.
- Maariv · מעריב
Founded in 1948, the same year as the state, and one of the two historic Hebrew afternoon papers.
- The Times of Israel
One of the few Israeli newsrooms that writes in English first rather than translating a Hebrew paper.
- i24NEWS
The only newsroom on the wire publishing in four languages, and the only French-language Israeli source baba News reads.
Right
- Israel Hayom · ישראל היום
Distributed free, which is how it became the most widely read print paper in Israel. baba News places it on the right.
- Now 14 · ערוץ 14
The newest of the national commercial channels, and the one baba News places furthest right among the broadcasters.
- The Jerusalem Post
Founded in 1932, the longest-running English-language daily in Israel. Same group as Maariv, different newsroom and different coverage.
Religious-Zionist Press
- Arutz Sheva · ערוץ 7
The main national-religious outlet, and one of the few on that side of the press with a real English edition.
Haredi Press
- Kikar HaShabbat · כיכר השבת
One of the two main Haredi news sites. Stories that matter to the Haredi public often run here and nowhere else in the press.
- Behadrei Haredim · בחדרי חרדים
The older of the two main Haredi portals, founded in 2002, known for its forums as much as its reporting.
Business Press
- Globes · גלובס
The oldest Israeli business daily. baba News leaves business outlets unrated on the left-to-right scale, because that scale does not describe what they cover.
- Calcalist · כלכליסט
The business paper of the same group as Ynet, and the main Hebrew source on Israeli technology and venture funding.
- TheMarker · דה מרקר
The business daily of the Haaretz Group, sharing its subscription but published as its own paper.
The Press Sides a Left-To-Right Bar Cannot Describe
The Haredi press (Kikar HaShabbat, Behadrei Haredim, JDN), the religious-Zionist press (Arutz Sheva, Srugim, Makor Rishon, Kipa), the Arabic press (Arab48, Panet, Al-Arab) and the Russian-language press (Vesty, NEWSru, Mignews, Channel 9) each cover stories the others leave out, and none of them is described by a left-to-right position. baba News carries them as their own sides, so a story that ran across the Haredi press and nowhere else is visible as exactly that.
See how the Israeli press splits on one story, or the stories one side ran and another skipped.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many newsrooms are there in the Israeli press?
baba News reads 58 Israeli newsrooms publishing in Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, French and English, from the national broadcasters and dailies to the Haredi, religious-Zionist, Arabic and Russian-language press and official statement feeds. 18 of them have a profile page here; the full register is on news.itsbaba.com.
Who owns the Israeli media?
No single group. Yedioth Ahronoth Group owns Ynet and Calcalist, Keshet Media Group owns N12 and Mako, the Haaretz Group owns Haaretz and TheMarker, the Jerusalem Post Group owns The Jerusalem Post and Maariv, Reshet 13 owns Channel 13, and Kan is the public broadcaster funded from the public broadcasting budget. Israel Hayom is a privately funded free daily. Each profile here names the owner and the funding model.
What does left, center and right mean here?
It is a placement for comparing coverage of the same event, not a rating of accuracy. baba News also carries press sides a left-to-right bar cannot describe: Haredi, religious-Zionist, Arabic, Russian-language, business and official statements. Business outlets are left unrated on the scale, because it does not describe what they cover.
Which Israeli newsrooms publish in English?
A minority. Ynetnews, Haaretz English, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, i24NEWS and Israel National News publish in English, and most of those are a selection rather than the whole newsroom. N12, Kan, Channel 13, Walla, Maariv and the Haredi press publish in Hebrew only.
Does baba News rate newsrooms for reliability?
No. It publishes what is checkable: ownership, funding, which newsrooms ran a story, which did not, how each worded it, and how quickly each filed. It does not license or publish a factuality score.
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