Media, PR and Advertising
- Advertorial should have no place in magazines, with quality editorial the critical feature to ensure survival in today's market, according to Michael Heseltine, Chairman, Haymarket Group. Heseltine says the internet represents a huge opportunity, with people prepared to pay for quality information online.
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- United Arab Emirates: Monday, March 27 - 2006 at 09:36
- The old conventions of advertising and marketing no longer work, according to Coca-Cola's former CMO, Sergio Zyman. He believes that while advertisers want to hang on to the old model, they have no choice but to change their practices.
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- United Arab Emirates: Sunday, March 26 - 2006 at 09:17
- Publishing standards continue to be a problem in the Middle East magazine market, with a limited amount of talent available. Chris Llewellyn, Chairman, International Federation of the Periodical Press, believes that as international titles influence the market, good magazines will replace the bad ones.
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- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, March 21 - 2006 at 08:39
- Media censorship greatly hinders economic development, according to Larry Kilman, Communications Director, World Association of Newspapers. Economic studies show that there has never been a famine in a country that has a free press and democracy. But without a free press, it is hard to inform people about the dangers of censorship.
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- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, March 09 - 2006 at 12:09
- BBC correspondent Kate Adie has been coming to the Middle East for several decades, and has witnessed the region's enormous change. In an exclusive video interview with AME Info, Adie gives her insight into the transformation, and the impact of Arab language media on east and west.
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- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, March 02 - 2006 at 09:26
- Publishers in the Middle East need to rethink their entire approach to their readers and their advertisers, according to organisers of the Middle East Publishing Conference. Aspen Aman, Project Manager, Middle East Publishing Conference, says editorial integrity in the face of advertising pressure is a major issue, as well as inadequate media research and circulation auditing.
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- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, February 28 - 2006 at 09:09
- A major industry shift towards circulation audits took place after the 2005 Middle East Publishing Conference, according to organisers. Mohammed Baharoon, Director of Research, Dubai Consultancy Research & Media Centre, says the 2006 conference will continue to address critical industry issues.
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- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, February 23 - 2006 at 10:09
- The US army has released a TV reporter detained in Iraq, after four months of pressure. Majid Hameed's release coincided with a visit of US Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt to Al Arabiya's studios in Dubai. AME Info spoke with both Brigadier General Kimmit and Al Arabiya's Jihad Ballout on the issue of detaining journalists.
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- United Arab Emirates: Monday, January 16 - 2006 at 11:37
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