Prosecutor Fathy Bayoumi said today that the six were sent to court after investigators found that they "intentionally published false information to defame" Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zind.
The reports said al-Zind, as head of the powerful Judges Club, sold state lands to a relative at below market price. The accused include editors from the state-owned Al-Ahram news website and Abdel-Haleem Kandeel, a well-known journalist.
Al-Zind has generated controversy in the past by defending the decades-old practice of giving priority to the children of judges when hiring for the judiciary.