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  • French TV apologises over Gaza footage mix-up


    France's public broadcaster was forced to apologise to viewers Tuesday after it mistakenly used amateur footage shot in 2005 to illustrate a report on the current Gaza conflict. AFP - 06Jan 12:36GMT
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  • Veteran Saudi journalist Talaat Wafa passes away


    Veteran Saudi journalist and former editor in chief of the now-defunct English-language newspaper Riyadh Daily, Talaat Fareed Wafa, died yesterday in Riyadh after a brief illness. Arab News - 06Jan 06:55GMT
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  • Oman: New ad agency launched in Salalah


    Salalah recently witnessed the launch of Awraq, an advertising and publicity agency. Awraq, which will be focusing primarily on the Salalah market, extensively endearing to provide a wide array of marketing with high quality production to their clients and customers. Oman Daily Observer - 06Jan 06:30GMT
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  • Executives to battle it out for $1m prize on Hydra show


    The first season of Hydra Executives is set to debut tomorrow, according to Hydra Properties, one of the leading real estate developers in the UAE, and All 4 Media, the producers of the show. Emirates Business 24/7 - 06Jan 06:23GMT
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  • Al Jazeera lets viewers join Gaza coverage


    Al Jazeera television network has taken war reporting to a new level in its ongoing coverage of the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, to engage and keep the audience informed. The Peninsula - 06Jan 06:19GMT
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  • Group looks to alter media bias on Arab world


    Arabs have for decades suffered stereotyping and misrepresentation in the Western media. Things have gotten so bad, homegrown comics joke, that the only roles Middle Eastern actors can land are bit parts as camel-riding terrorists. The Daily Star - 03Jan 07:21GMT
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  • Israeli army detains two Al-Jazeera journalists near Gaza


    Israeli troops on Friday detained two journalists from Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television in an area close to the Gaza border that has been decreed a closed military zone, police said. AFP - 03Jan 05:41GMT
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  • Advertising in the region will bounce back, say experts


    As the world faces the fiscal reality witnessing fold up of not just some companies but a total collapse of certain industries, advertising was the first sector to face the brunt of this economic gloom all over the world. Emirates Business 24/7 - 02Jan 08:27GMT
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  • Qatar: Al Jazeera launches documentary website


    Al Jazeera yesterday launched the Documentary Channel Website, www.aljazeera.net/doc, on the Documentary Channel's second anniversary. The Peninsula - 02Jan 07:59GMT
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  • Iran shuts down leading reformist newspaper


    The Iranian press watchdog shut down leading reformist newspaper Kargozaran on Wednesday over publication of a piece criticising Palestinian militants, the official IRNA news agency reported. AFP - 31Dec 16:07GMT
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