On-the-job training has proven its importance for professionals across the world and certainly for those in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, who largely agree on its many advantages. According to a new poll by Bayt.com, more than nine in 10 (91.4%) respondents deliberately… Read More
Nart Bouran is leaving his role as CEO of Sky News Arabia (SNA) in January 2018 after seven years leading the multi-platform Arabic language news organizations. Mr Bouran will continue at SNA until the end of the year and will assume an editorial advisory role… Read More
International Government Communication Centre of the Sharjah Government Media Bureau (SGMB) will host an interactive session at the Sharjah International Book Fair titled ‘Leading Creativity in Government Communication’. The session will be led by international motivational speaker Kevin Abdul Rahman on November 1-2, 2017. This… Read More
The MediaVantage has appointed Dan Qayyum as International Sales Director, with the mandate for multiple media groups including News UK, IC Publications, Nation Media Group, Hindustan Times, Russia Today, among others. In this multifaceted role, he will be responsible for managing the sales team, along… Read More
Education and media are essential for a nation’s progress. Tariq Saeed Allay, Director of the Sharjah Government Media Bureau (SGMB) stressed on this, as he highlighted why Sharjah has on the one hand been investing in building institutions like the University of Sharjah and American… Read More
As part of its global initiative to empower 5 million women by 2020 through its brands, Unilever partnered with B4U Plus to produce a 13-week miniseries ‘OMO Achiever’s Kitchen’, featuring UAE women entrepreneurs. UAE ranks 19 on the Global Entrepreneurial Index among 137 countries. Industry… Read More
Twitter is trying something new and if it all goes well, then soon the 140 character limit will increase to 280. A recent research by Twitter shows that “cramming thoughts” in the 140 character limit was a problem in some languages, but not so much… Read More
Nielsen has launched a new initiative for the broadcast radio industry in the UAE. With the methodology and quality controls being subject to independent verification by PwC, Nielsen will work alongside industry stakeholders to deliver Radio Audience Measurement (RAM), to help redefine the way the… Read More
Twitter’s Co-Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey’s Eid wishes on Twitter garnered high levels of engagement with his tweet becoming the 6th most Retweeted Tweet of all time. The tweet, that was tweeted in Arabic included the #EidAlAdha hashtag in Arabic, which unlocked a special emoji… Read More
Now passengers at the Dubai International (DXB) Airport can enjoy free movies and TV shows before their flights, following a partnership between Dubai Airports and regional content provider Icflix. The initiative combines DXB’s free Wi-Fi experience, ‘WOW-Fi’, with Icflix’s video-on-demand service, allowing passengers to stream… Read More
