Claim
Claim 177
A presidential decree was issued on 24 May 1960 to nationalize all newspapers and magazines in Egypt, which were submitted to the full management of the state.
- Statement
- A presidential decree was issued on 24 May 1960 to nationalize all newspapers and magazines in Egypt, which were submitted to the full management of the state.
- Field
- action
- Value
- Decree nationalized all newspapers
- Source
- Egypt: History archived copy
- Publisher
- Media Ownership Monitor Egypt (Reporters Without Borders)
- Method
- outlet report
- Checked
- 2026-09-22
- Confidence
- medium
- Status
- current
Quotation from the source
a presidential decree was issued on 24 May 1960 to nationalize all newspapers and magazines in Egypt. They were all submitted to the full management of the state, which chose its editors, and defined the media content.