Yedioth Ahronoth

Jedi'ot Aharonot? / I (Hebrew ידיעות אחרונות ) is a Hebrew- language daily newspaper in Israel. The name translates as " Latest News ". Since the 1970s, was Jedi'ot Aharonot the highest circulation and most widely read daily newspaper in the country (before Maariw and Haaretz ) but was ousted in 2010 by Israel Hayom at No. 2.

The journal was founded on December 11, 1939 by Nachum Komarov as one of the first private newspapers of Israel. A short time later Yehuda Mozes took over the newspaper. First managing director was his son Noah Mozes. In the early years she appeared twice a day. Publisher is now Arnon Mozes, the son of Noah Mozes.

One of the first editors was a native of Leipzig journalist Ezriel Carlebach (1909-1956), who with a group of journalists left the paper in 1948 and founded his own newspaper Jedi'ot Maariw, today the biggest competitor (to avoid confusion later in Maariw renamed). Successor of Carlebach at Jedi'ot Aharonot was Herzl Rosenblum. The son of Rosenblum, Moshe Vardi, was for 13 years editor in chief, he was replaced by Rafi Ginat 2005. Since April 2007, Shilo De -Beer is in this position. Among former correspondent was Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, who reported from the United Nations in New York in 1952 from Paris, from 1956.

On weekdays Jedi'ot Aharonot achieved a spread of about 34%, on Fridays around 49 %. It is read by more than half of all readers hebräischsprachiger newspapers. Jedi'ot Aharonot is the flagship of Jedi'ot Group, which is majority owned by the families Mozes and Fishman and today is the largest press and book publishing company in Israel.

The political orientation of the newspaper is considered moderately conservative. Since the founding of the Kadima party in 2005 are often benevolent comments regarding the policies of their leaders, including Ariel Sharon, Tzipi Livni and Shaul Mofaz to read.