The Ethiopian Herald

The Ethiopian Herald was launched on 3 July 1943 as a weekly English-language newspaper. It was created within Ethiopia’s public press system and is owned and published by the Ethiopian Press Agency, an enterprise established in 1940. The paper’s initial editor was Jan Hoy Simpson, an Englishman. Later editorial leadership included editors from the United States, indicating that the publication initially relied in part on foreign editorial personnel for its English-language operation. A significant institutional change came at the end of 1958, when The Ethiopian Herald became a daily newspaper. Addis Zemen, the Ethiopian Press Agency’s principal Amharic-language title, made the same transition. The change increased the frequency with which the agency could distribute news and public information and established The Herald as a regular daily publication rather than a weekly periodical. The newspaper is published daily except on Mondays. In 1960, Ato Yacob Wolde Mariam became the first Ethiopian editor of The Ethiopian Herald. This was a notable development in the paper’s editorial history because it followed the earlier period of leadership by English and American editors. The appointment gave the publication an Ethiopian editor while preserving its English-language identity and its role in the country’s public media landscape. The Herald operates as part of a wider Ethiopian Press Agency publishing portfolio. Alongside The Ethiopian Herald, the agency publishes Addis Zemen in Amharic. Its other stated publications have included Berissa, a weekly tabloid in Oromo; Al-Alem, a weekly tabloid in Arabic; and Zemen, a bi-monthly Amharic magazine. The agency has been described as having a staff of more than 300 and as financing its business affairs through income generated by its own operations. The newspaper’s ownership structure places it within Ethiopia’s government-owned media sector. Its English-language format gives it a distinct audience from Addis Zemen and supports communication with English-speaking readers interested in Ethiopian national affairs. The available reference material does not establish a current editor, circulation figure, founding individual, detailed content sections, or a confirmed official website URL. Its present status is treated as active because the reference describes it as an ongoing daily publication.

• 1960

  First Ethiopian editor appointed

  [1]The Ethiopian Heralden.wikipedia.org

  Ato Yacob Wolde Mariam became the first Ethiopian editor of The Ethiopian Herald after earlier periods of foreign editorial leadership.

• 1958

  Conversion to daily publication

  [1]The Ethiopian Heralden.wikipedia.org

  At the end of 1958, The Ethiopian Herald became a daily newspaper, in parallel with the Ethiopian Press Agency’s Amharic-language title Addis Zemen.

• 1943

  Launch as a weekly

  [1]The Ethiopian Heralden.wikipedia.org

  The Ethiopian Herald began publication on 3 July 1943 as a weekly English-language newspaper. Jan Hoy Simpson served as its first editor.

A government-owned Ethiopian English-language newspaper serving as an English-language publication of the Ethiopian Press Agency.

• English-language daily newspaper · 1943

  The Ethiopian Herald

  The brand’s principal product is an English-language newspaper published by the Ethiopian Press Agency. It began as a weekly in 1943 and became a daily at the end of 1958. The paper is described as publishing daily except on Mondays and occupies the English-language position within the agency’s newspaper portfolio. Available reference material does not provide a current circulation figure, detailed print specifications, or a confirmed digital product structure.

• 1958

  Shift from weekly to daily publicationStrategy

  Background

  The newspaper had operated as a weekly since its launch in 1943. The Ethiopian Press Agency also changed Addis Zemen to daily publication at the end of 1958.

  Action taken

  The Ethiopian Herald increased its publishing frequency and became a daily newspaper, except for Mondays.

  Aftermath

  The change established the newspaper as a regular daily English-language publication within the Ethiopian Press Agency’s public media portfolio.

  Source

1. 1The Ethiopian Heralden.wikipedia.org