Aljazeera Publishing
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Aljazeera Publishing was formed in 1992 in London
to produce content for expatriate
Persian Gulf
(i.e. those from the region known as Aljazeera) residents living in the United Kingdom
. Aljazeera Publishing was disbanded in April 2011 after the sale of its main assets to regional media organizations including Al Jazeera
TV, Noor Media and MBC.
TV Channel covering domain usage of Aljazeera.com
and trade mark registrations. The domain name usage case arbitrated by World Intellectual Property Organization
proved highly embarrassing for the TV Channel who were found guilty of "abusing the administrative proceedings" and had its case rejected with the panel questioning the integrity of the evidence submitted by the TV Channel.
Aljazeera Publishing first published a magazine in 1992 called Al Jazeera Al Arabia. Since then it has adopted a shortened version of the name as simply Al-Jazeera Magazine as listed in Media UK.
The shortening of the title occurred after an external investment by a Saudi Arabian investment company. Al Jazeera Publishing was highly critical of the Saudi Arabian government’s human rights records and published a number of critical reports in 1993, 1994 and 1995.
These human rights reports raised Al Jazeera Al Arabia’s profile on the Middle East
stage. Extracts of such reports were used in a Human Rights Watch
report as published in 1993, as well as the Islamic Research and Information Center .
Since 1996 no more anti Saudi Arabian stories appeared in any of Al Jazeera Publishing titles, rather the attention appeared to have turned against the Qatari ruling family with a string of hostile articles such as "Egypt arrests Qatari prince over illegal car race" , "Qatari prince convicted of abusing girls" , "First church in Muslim Qatar risks backlash" and "Qatar finances sports centre in Israel" .
In March 2011 alJazeera TV Channel acquired alJazeera.com and redirected to the website of Al Jazeera English.
Islamic site on the Internet. Since 1998, Al Jazeera Publishing has been involved in a dispute with Islamonline.net. According to whois
, the Islamonline.net domain name was registered after IslamOnline.com. IslamOnline.net is much more popular based on statistics from Alexa. Al Jazeera Publishing owns trademark
rights for IslamOnline in Europe.
and alJazeera Capital were also sold off as separate individual entities.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
to produce content for expatriate
Expatriate
An expatriate is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing...
Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
(i.e. those from the region known as Aljazeera) residents living in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Aljazeera Publishing was disbanded in April 2011 after the sale of its main assets to regional media organizations including Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar...
TV, Noor Media and MBC.
Al Jazeera Magazine
In 2005 and 2006 Aljazeera Publishing was involved in a number of legal disputes with Al JazeeraAl Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar...
TV Channel covering domain usage of Aljazeera.com
Aljazeera.com
Aljazeera.com is, since March 2011, an alternate address for the Al Jazeera English website. The domain name was acquried by Al Jazeera in March 2011 from Aljazeera Publishing, a Dubai-based media company which owned the separate Al Jazeera Magazine, after a long-running domain name dispute between...
and trade mark registrations. The domain name usage case arbitrated by World Intellectual Property Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
proved highly embarrassing for the TV Channel who were found guilty of "abusing the administrative proceedings" and had its case rejected with the panel questioning the integrity of the evidence submitted by the TV Channel.
Aljazeera Publishing first published a magazine in 1992 called Al Jazeera Al Arabia. Since then it has adopted a shortened version of the name as simply Al-Jazeera Magazine as listed in Media UK.
The shortening of the title occurred after an external investment by a Saudi Arabian investment company. Al Jazeera Publishing was highly critical of the Saudi Arabian government’s human rights records and published a number of critical reports in 1993, 1994 and 1995.
These human rights reports raised Al Jazeera Al Arabia’s profile on the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
stage. Extracts of such reports were used in a Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Beirut, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo,...
report as published in 1993, as well as the Islamic Research and Information Center .
Since 1996 no more anti Saudi Arabian stories appeared in any of Al Jazeera Publishing titles, rather the attention appeared to have turned against the Qatari ruling family with a string of hostile articles such as "Egypt arrests Qatari prince over illegal car race" , "Qatari prince convicted of abusing girls" , "First church in Muslim Qatar risks backlash" and "Qatar finances sports centre in Israel" .
In March 2011 alJazeera TV Channel acquired alJazeera.com and redirected to the website of Al Jazeera English.
IslamOnline.com
Besides Aljazeera Magazine, Al Jazeera Publishing produces IslamOnline.com, which is an English-languageEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Islamic site on the Internet. Since 1998, Al Jazeera Publishing has been involved in a dispute with Islamonline.net. According to whois
WHOIS
WHOIS is a query and response protocol that is widely used for querying databases that store the registered users or assignees of an Internet resource, such as a domain name, an IP address block, or an autonomous system, but is also used for a wider range of other information. The protocol stores...
, the Islamonline.net domain name was registered after IslamOnline.com. IslamOnline.net is much more popular based on statistics from Alexa. Al Jazeera Publishing owns trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
rights for IslamOnline in Europe.
Disbanding of Al Jazeera Publishing in March 2011
In March 2011 alJazeera TV Channel acquired alJazeera.com. Al Jazeera Publishing's other main digital titles including IslamOnline.com, alJazeera JobsAlJazeera Jobs
alJazeera Jobs was formed in 2007 by a group of recruitment professionals, and funded by Aljazeera Publishing. Its website at alJazeeraJobs.com is ranked as amongst the leading recruitment sites in United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain...
and alJazeera Capital were also sold off as separate individual entities.