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Abu Dhabi Media Company appoints Gavin Dickinson as executive director publishing

  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, October 22 - 2008 at 14:30
  • PRESS RELEASE

Abu Dhabi Media Company, one of the largest media companies in the region, has appointed Gavin Dickinson as Executive Director of Publishing.

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  • Gavin Dickinson, Executive Director of Publishing, Abu Dhabi Media Company.
    Gavin Dickinson, Executive Director of Publishing, Abu Dhabi Media Company.
Dickinson will oversee a portfolio of brands including The National, Al Ittihad, Zahrat Al Khaleej, Majid, and Super, and take responsibility for the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, United Printing and Publishing (UPP), and ADMC's distribution company Tawsee.

Edward Borgerding, CEO of Abu Dhabi Media Company said,
"Our publishing group is one of the strongest in the region with an integrated printing, distribution, and marketing operations that support some of the best print brands in the UAE and MENA region."


He added:
"With Gavin's dynamic leadership and proven track record, our publishing business is well-positioned for a period of extended growth."


"Abu Dhabi Media Company has built on its print heritage to create something new, exciting and dynamic over the last twelve months. There is a new energy in Abu Dhabi and I am delighted to join the company as we prepare to relaunch the flagship titles Al Ittihad, Zahrat Al Khaleej, Majid, and Super magazines, and to continue to build on the success of The National."
says Dickinson.

"There is also great potential to enhance UPP's position as a leader in the UAE's printing industry, and as well as raising standards for the printing industry as a whole. This applies to the Tawsee in the distribution industry as well."

Dickinson's track record includes commercial roles with the UK's Mail on Sunday, Times Media in South Africa and The Express newspaper.

Most recently, he was Chief Commercial Officer for a Dubai-based media company.
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About Abu Dhabi Media Company
Abu Dhabi Media Company is a vertically integrated media company created in 2007 as a public joint stock company from the assets of Emirates Media Incorporated. Abu Dhabi Media Company employs 1800 people across its operating units which include publishing, television, radio, digital media, distribution, and printing.
Abu Dhabi Media Company owns and operates Abu Dhabi Al Oula, Abu Dhabi Al Emarat, Abu Dhabi Al Riyadiya, Abu Dhabi Al Riyadiya 2, and Abu Dhabi Al Oula +1, Emarat FM Radio, Holy Quran Radio, Sawt Al Musiqa, Al Ittihad newspaper, The National Newspaper, Zahrat Al Khaleej magazine, Al Super magazine ,Majid magazine and Imagenation Abu Dhabi as well as other businesses including United Printing Press.
The company is headquartered in Abu Dhabi with offices in Cairo, Dubai and Washington D.C.



For more information, please contact:

Sameh Zaki, Consultant
Impact Porter Novelli
Al Mansouri Villas No.1 & 2
Mohd. Bin Khalifa Street No.15
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Tel : +971 24457497 Ext 121
Fax : +971 24457078
Mobile : +971 50 9046741

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