[2] Established in 1975,[1] The Jordan Times is owned by the Jordan Press Foundation, a shareholding company which also runs the Arabic-language daily Al Ra'i, the kingdom's best-selling newspaper.

[citation needed] The Jordan Press Foundation has been majority government-owned since its inception, but it is unclear how much the government's stake has fallen since 2000, when a plan to sell some of the Foundation's shares was announced.

The Jordan Times maintains editorial independence from its sister daily Al Ra'i.

[citation needed] The newspaper includes two main sections: The paper's website was the 31st most visited website in the Arab world in 2013.

[citation needed] Notable journalists who have worked at The Jordan Times include: From the 1980s to 2011 veteran journalist Randa Habib had a weekly column in The Times which was stopped by the paper's management.