XPRESS
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XPRESS was a weekly tabloid newspaper. It was launched in the UAE on 15 March 2007.{{cite web |last=Greenslade |first=Roy |date=16 March 2007 |title=The Guardian |url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2007/03/colourful_new_freesheet_for_du.html |access-date=12 December 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |date=15 March 2007 |title=Gulf News |url=http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/03/15/10111246.html |access-date=12 December 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |date=2 May 2007 |title=ameinfo.com |url=http://www.ameinfo.com/110465.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211131451/http://www.ameinfo.com/110465.html |archive-date=11 February 2012 |access-date=12 December 2011 |publisher=ameinfo.com}}[http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=MEDIA&artid=120549 Trade Arabia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927025945/http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=MEDIA&artid=120549|date=27 September 2007}}{{cite web |title=dubaicityguide.com |url=http://www.dubaicityguide.com/specials/index.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420020922/http://www.dubaicityguide.com/specials/index.asp |archive-date=20 April 2009 |access-date=12 December 2011 |publisher=dubaicityguide.com}}{{cite web |date=15 March 2007 |title=dubai-online.com |url=http://www.dubai-online.com/news/new-newspaper-xpress-out-today/ |access-date=12 December 2011 |publisher=dubai-online.com}}{{cite web |title=zawya.com |url=http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidGN_15032007_10111246/secIndustries/pagMedia |access-date=12 December 2011 |publisher=zawya.com}}{{cite web |author=UAEinteract.com |title=uaeinteract.com |url=http://uaeinteract.com/news/default.asp?ID=43 |access-date=12 December 2011 |publisher=uaeinteract.com}} The magazine was published in Dubai by the Al Nisr Group as a sister paper to Gulf News. It was shut down in 2018 due to declining revenue.{{cite web |title=Dubai daily Gulf News to shut down its tabloid newspaper Xpress |url=https://gulfbusiness.com/dubai-daily-gulf-news-shut-tabloid-newspaper-xpress/ |website=Gulf Business |access-date=14 December 2024 |date=29 August 2018 }}
History
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Work on XPRESS, then known as Project X, began in the basement of the Gulf News offices off Sheikh Zayed Road near Safa Park in early 2005. Rumours of the project leaked into the media over the following months, but the details, including its name, remained secret until its launch on 12 March 2007.
Initial media reports indicated that Al Nisr Media intended to publish XPRESS twice weekly, and hoped to obtain a licence to publish daily.{{cite web|url=http://www.ameinfo.com/110465.html |title=ameinfo.com |publisher=ameinfo.com |date=2 May 2007 |access-date=12 December 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211131451/http://www.ameinfo.com/110465.html |archive-date=11 February 2012 }} However, it launched as a weekly.
The newspaper was designed by Mario Garcia, president of the Tampa-based Garcia Media, who described it as "a vibrant, contemporary newspaper totally created for the reader of the 'always on' culture".{{cite web|url=http://www.garcia-media.com/NeArticl.asp?pageid=340 |title=garcia-media.com |publisher=garcia-media.com |access-date=12 December 2011}}
Reception was mixed, with an Arabian Business review describing it as "a headache on every page"{{cite web|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9463 |title=arabianbusiness.com |publisher=arabianbusiness.com |date=15 March 2007 |access-date=12 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928094246/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9463 |archive-date=28 September 2007}} and accusing it of running parochial stories.
In March 2013, XPRESS launched an Abu Dhabi edition.
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External links
- [http://www.xpress4me.com XPRESS]
Category:2007 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
Category:Defunct newspapers published in the United Arab Emirates
Category:Defunct weekly newspapers
Category:English-language newspapers published in the United Arab Emirates