Yedioth Ahronoth (Hebrew: ידיעות אחרונות, meaning "latest news") is a major daily Israeli newspaper, written in Hebrew. Since the 1970s, it is the most widely circulated paper in Israel.
One of the first privately owned Israeli newspapers, it was founded in 1939 by Nachum Komarov and was shortly after bought by Yehuda Mozes . Its first Managing Editor was Noah Mozes , Yehuda Mozes' son.
In 1948, a large group of journalists and staff members led by Azriel Carlebach , who was Editor at the time, left to form another newspaper - Maariv. This began a still on-going battle for circulation and prestige between the rival newspapers. Carlebach was replaced with Herzl Rosenblum .
Today, the paper is headed by Noah Mozes' son, Arnon Mozes , and is edited by Herzl Rosenblum's son, Moshe Vardi .
It is owned by the Yedioth Ahronoth Group , which also owns stocks in several Israeli companies, such as "Channel 2 ", a commercial television channel; "Hot", the Cable TV company; "Yedioth Tikshoret ", a group of weekly local newspapers; "Vesti ", a Russian language newspaper; magazines; and other non-media companies.
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