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Gorgeous Jaguar fashion campaign
In line with the new global brand positioning titled Gorgeous, Jaguar, collaborated with Ounass fashion to reveal its all-new XK Coupe sports car at the 8th Middle East International Motor Show. The brands new global positioning presents Jaguar in a way unlike anything seen before within the automotive sector.
New Saudi youth newspaper
Saudi Arabian youth will have a new daily newspaper before the year-end, according to Campaign Middle East today. The full-colour tabloid will be entitled 'Sh.m.s', which means 'youth, variety, Saudi', and print 120,000 copies a day. A Saudi investor is supporting the project in a venture with Al Wataniya.
New Arabic daily for Bahrain
Bahrain's new Arabic newspaper, 'Al Watan' or The Nation, was published for the first time yesterday, promising to give a 'deep responsible and independent analysis of all developments in the country' and 'not to invest its pens in orientations that are contrary to the interests of the nation'.
ITP journalist may face jail
ITP journalist, and former editor of Arabian Business, Anil Bhoyrul faces a possible prison sentence after being found guilty at London's Southwark Crown Court of using his City Slickers column in the Daily Mirror to create a false market in shares that he owned. His sentence of fines or up to seven years in prison will be passed next month, the first time in living memory that a UK journalist has faced jail.
Weekly business magazine shuts
BusinessWeek magazine is to cease publishing its European and Asian editions at the end of this month due to poor sales of financial advertising and competition from the Internet. Editor-in-chief Stephen Adler said advertising was increasingly moving online, and that 25% of hits on the US magazine's website were international.
Dubai blog blocked
The UAE's telecoms regulatory authority has blocked the blog Sorry Dubai, following a post that criticised the monopoly state telco Etisalat. The blog also attacked Etisalat's blocking of popular Internet telephony website Skype, according to 7Days.
Publishing demo day
Editors and publishers were shown the latest technologies for news management and production at a workshop in Dubai. The event was supported by KnowledgeView, whose latest technologies have been integrated with Adobe InDesign and Adobe InCopy.
ME TV market future challenges
The Middle East pay TV market is growing annually by 40%, while the number of free-to-air channels has grown to more than 150, according to a report by Booz Allen Hamilton. But the report warns of challenges ahead for the industry, with greater financial transparency, shareholder expectations, and oversupply of channels likely to drive changes in the future.
War journalist at Dubai mall
Middle East war correspondent Robert Fisk will be at the Mall of Emirates in Dubai on 10 December to sign copies of his latest book, The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East. Fisk is based in Beirut as Middle East correspondent for UK-based newspaper The Independent.
AME Info adds Arabic content
AME Info has announced the launch of seven new Arabic columns: Oil Weekly, IT Update, UAE Trends, Business Highlight Saudi Arabia, Window on Kuwait, Executive Interview and Dubai Property. Joining as new expert contributors are: Hajjaj Bukhadhour, Medhat Shaheedi and Waleed Al-Asfar.
Arab-terrorism link myth
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Mousa has accused the foreign media of using misinformation to link Arabs with terrorism, in a speech at the opening of Dubai's Arab and World Media Conference. He said Arab media can help address the way Arabs and Islam are portrayed.
Prince Alwaleed fights stereotypes
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says he is using his economic and political weight to correct the stereotypical image of Arabs in the West, reported Emirates Today. Prince Alwaleed was interviewed by Jim Kelly, managing editor of Time Magazine News during the Arab and World Media Conference.
City of Arabia for GolinHarris
GolinHarris has been appointed agency of record to handle the City of Arabia account for Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari Group. Director Anwer Sher said, 'It was extremely important for us that the chosen agency showed the enthusiasm and commitment as well as the professionalism to do justice to this world class project. GolinHarris did just that.'
Nancy Ajram, jewellery ambassador
Damas and the World Gold Council have launched a campaign to promote fashionable, contemporary and affordable gold jewellery to pan-Arab youth. Singer Nancy Ajram has signed on as youth ambassador, and for two years she will be the face of Damas gold jewellery collections.
Al Arabiya, No1 for news in Iraq
Independent research by Stat-Ipsos from May 1 to June 30 has shown that Al Arabiya is the number one watched satellite TV channel in Iraq. The survey showed 41% of Iraq's population, within the main cities watched Al Arabiya. Runner-up was Al Sharqiya, ahead of Al Jazeera.
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