Maariv is a Hebrew language

Hebrew language

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 daily newspaper

Newspaper

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 published in Israel

Israel

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. It is second in sales after Yedioth Ahronoth

Yedioth Ahronoth

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 and third in readership after Yedioth Ahronoth

Yedioth Ahronoth

Yedioth Ahronoth is a daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since the 1970s, it has been the most widely circulated paper in Israel. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Yedioth Ahronoth retained the title of most widely read newspaper in Israel...

 and Israel HaYom

Israel HaYom

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. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Maariv saw its market share fall slightly from 13.8 to 13.6 percent. In July 2010, a TGI survey of the media reported that Maariv's daily exposure rate fell from 14.1% to 13.1% and its weekend edition dropped from 18.2% to 16.1% in the last six months.

Maarivs editor in chief is Yoav Tzur who succeeded Doron Galezer and Ruth Yuval who quit in protest of continued budget cutbacks.

Apart from the daily newspaper and its supplements, the Maariv media group (Ma'ariv Holdings Ltd) has a chain of local newspapers with a national scale distribution, a magazines division, and a semi-independent website called NRG, which includes much of the print content. The company's shares are listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

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 since 1990 .

For many years, the Nimrodi family held a controlling stake in Maariv and Yaakov Nimrodi served as its chairman. In March 2010, Zaki Rakib bought a 50% share from Israel Land Development Company and Ofer Nimrodi, bringing new energy and much needed cash infusion to the newspaper which has been losing millions of shekels a year since 2004. Rakib became the new chairman. However, it was announced in March 2011 that Nochi Dankner was to take control of Ma'ariv through his Discount Investment. On March 25 Discount transferred NIS20 million to the struggling firm.

Supplements

• Weekdays:
  • "The Magazine" (Op-Ed
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    , political commentary and opinions, health, crossword, culture, entertainment, television and radio listings)
  • Financial section ("Asakim", Business)
  • Sport
• Tuesday
  • Style-Home Magazine
• Wednesday
  • Style-Fashion Magazine

• Friday –
  • Musaf Shabat (in-depth political analysis and commentary, book reviews, satirical section)
  • Sofshavua (weekend magazine)
  • Promo (Culture and entertainment, TV and radio listings)
  • Asakim (financial magazine)
  • A local affiliated weekly newspaper, depending on the region.

Present

• Ben Kaspit – political and diplomatic analyst
• Ofer Shelach – political, military and diplomatic analyst, sport commentator
• Ben-Dror Yemini – publicist (politics)
• Ruvik Rosenthal – Hebrew language
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   columnist
• Arel Segal – columnist
• Yehonatan Geffen
  Yehonatan Geffen
  Yehonatan Geffen also known as Yonatan Gefen, is an Israeli author, poet, songwriter, journalist, and playwright.- Biography :...
  
   – columnist
• Mordechai Haimovich – magazine writer
• Meir Shnitzer – TV and film critic
• Menachem Ben – poet, literature critic, publicist
• Avi Ratzon – sport commentator

Past

• Azriel Carlebach
  Azriel Carlebach
  Dr. Ezriel Carlebach was a journalist and editorial writer during the period of Jewish settlement in Palestine and during the early days of the state of Israel...
  
   – founding chief editor. deceased
• Ephraim Kishon
  Ephraim Kishon
  ' was an Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and film director. He is one of the most widely-read contemporary satirists in the world.- Early life and World War II :...
  
   – humor and satire. deceased
• Tommy Lapid – editor, turned to politics and returned to the paper as a publicist. deceased
• Dan Ben Amotz – humor, culture, gossip. deceased
• Kariel Gardosh ("Dosh") – cartoon
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  ist, creator of the "Srulik
  Srulik
  Srulik is an illustrated character who symbolized Israel. The character was first drawn in 1956 by the cartoonist Kariel Gardosh, known by his pen name Dosh, a Holocaust survivor who made Aliyah to Israel from Hungary, and appeared for many years in cartoons that were published in the newspaper...
  
  " ("little Israel") character. deceased
• Jacob Farkas ("Ze'ev") – cartoonist. deceased
• Kobi Arieli – satirist
• Jacky Hugi – Arab and Middle East correspondent
• Ron Maiberg – columnist
• Dudu Geva – humor and satire. deceased
• Amnon Dankner
  Amnon Dankner
  Amnon Dankner is an Israeli newspaper editor and author. He was the editor of the mass-circulation daily Maariv for six years.-Biography:Amnon Dankner was born in Jerusalem. His parents were the owners of Cafe Allenby. The family was secular but he attended a religious school, Ma'aleh, where he...
  
  - chief editor
• Dan Margalit
  Dan Margalit
  -Biography:Dan Margalits studied international relations and modern Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He began writing for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz in the 1960s. He is married to Dana. His daughter, Shira Margalit, is the deputy director-general of the Reshet television...
  
   – political columnist
• Gal Ochovsky

Online version

nrg Maariv is the online edition of the newspaper. While a large part of content on the website comes from the print edition, most of the material is written exclusively for the web edition, including 24/7 news updates and channels such as Judaism, and new age.

External links

• NRG
• Maariv Holdings Ltd. – BusinessWeek
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