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The Ministry of Media premieres “A Difficult Stage,” a Saudi documentary depicting lockdown during…
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‘G20 Leaders’ Summit to be held virtually, under the theme of ‘Realizing opportunities of the 21st…
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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques’ Inaugural speech during the extraordinary G20 Leaders’ summit
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In presence of the Minister of Education, the Minister of Media meets the deans and heads of media…
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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses Saudis in particular and Muslims in general on the…
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The early beginnings of Saudi media
1343 AHThe early beginnings of Saudi media indicate that it first emerged through a series of steps which were taken on sound scientific foundations and according to an insightful vision. The beginning was when the Umm Al-Qura official gazette was founded in 1924 during the reign of His Majesty King Abdul…
King Abdulaziz - may Allah have mercy on him –
1355 AHKing Abdulaziz -may Allah have mercy on him- ordered to establishment of Hajj council follows the ministry of finance to confront campaigns against the Kingdom. This was in 1355 AH, then the Saudi media was established the Saudi radio by royal decree on 1368/09 / 22AH, aims to linking the Kingdom…
The Saudi media
1374 AHOn 1374/06/17 AH issued royal decree which is the radio was named "public directorate for Radio", then established general administration of press and publication has been linked with radio, after that issued a printing and publishing system in 1378 AH.
Increasing interest in media locally and internationally
1382 AHThe interest of media increased locally and internationally, King Faisal - may God have mercy on him - issued the royal decree on 1382/10/10 AH to transfer the general administration of press and publication to the "Ministry of Information". In 1424 AH renamed the Ministry of Information to be …
More professional and media specialization
1439 AHRamadan 16, 1439, Jun 1, 2018 -- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, issued a Royal Order separating the culture from the media also amended the name of the Ministry of Culture and Information to be the Ministry of Information. That because of media changes in…
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