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Middle East and North Africa

State and Public Media in the Middle East & North Africa — Global List 2026

The Global List · 2026

State and Public Media in the Middle East & North Africa

85 outlets · 19 countries · typology trajectory 2022–2026. Filter, search and explore.

52State-Controlled
18Captured Public
13Captured Private
2Independent

How outlets are classified

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State-Controlled (SC) — government controls funding, governance and editorial output.
Captured Public (CaPu) — public-owned, but governance or editorial line captured by government.
Captured Private (CaPr) — privately owned, but serving government or ruling-party interests.
Independent (ISFM) — state-funded but editorially independent and managed at arm’s length.
Region
Type

Each row shows the outlet’s State Media Monitor typology in every cycle from 2022 to 2026; a dashed cell means the outlet was not yet mapped that year. Legacy independent-family labels (ISF, ISM) are shown in green and reflect outlets that have since moved into non-independent categories. Figures exclude outlets removed from the dataset. Source: State Media Monitor 2026, MJRC.

Citation (cite the article/profile as part of):
Dragomir, M. (2025). State Media Monitor Global Dataset 2025. Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17219015

This article/profile is part of the State Media Monitor Global Dataset 2025, a continuously updated dataset published by the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC).