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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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