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New department will commission papers and host expert debates, policy briefings by high-level officials. Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English-language daily, has announced the establishment of a new Research and Studies Unit (RSU). Based at the newspaper’s headquarters in Riyadh, the new unit will deliver thought-provoking studies written by a team of acclaimed resident […]

The title might’ve felt a little misleading right? Considering everything that’s happening with the platform right now around the world; banned in India, undergoing a bidding war in the US. Sheesh, tech companies can never catch a break these days. But despite these issues, research from analytics and technology consultancy AnaVizio highlights how the platform […]

As part of Ipsos MENA’s ongoing commitment to deliver fast, high-quality data, the company introduces a new online panel in the country of Iraq. Iraq is the latest addition to Ipsos Interactive Services’ (IIS) MENA panel which already covers Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, and Kuwait. Communicate spoke with Joseph […]

 Communicate chats with Mauricio Sanaiote, Creative Director at Geometry MENA to learn how creativity has been impacted during the pandemic and what the Geometry Creative Week hopes to achieve. What is the Geometry Creative Week and what does the event hope to achieve? Normally at this time of year, we would all be getting together […]

Geometry, WPP’s end to end creative commerce agency promotes Nick Walsh as the first-ever CEO of the agency in the region. A pioneer in the brand activation space, Walsh is credited with transforming the Dubai HQ internally as managing director of the firm and now in the new role, bigger challenges and opportunities awaits him. Communicate got […]

By Halley Theodore There’s a German word, schadenfreude, that describes one of our basest, yet most satisfying, emotions. Quite simply, schadenfreude is the pleasure we take in the misfortune of others. (Schaden = damage, and freude = joy). It has no real equivalent in English. Off-brand Muppets sang about the joys of schadenfreude in the musical […]

After six years of operation in the UAE and Qatar, Netizency is opening its 3rd office in Lebanon. The agency’s new location will be based in Beirut’s up and coming digital and creative hub, Beirut Digital District. “We have chosen Beirut as our new operation destination to work with some of the fastest and most […]

TBWA\RAAD has announced a joint venture with AB Group to establish its presence in Egypt and expand in the wider North Africa region. The newly created AB\TBWA\Egypt is expected to bring an integrated vision and disruptive thinking to its client and industry collaborations by focusing on anticipating future trends and defining unique strategic platforms that […]

Yesterday, du released a statement saying that it’s in negotiations with Qatar-based beIN, the official broadcaster of the FIFA World Cup 2018. Soon after, beIN released the following statement: “BeIN MEDIA GROUP announces that after lengthy negotiations it has not been able to reach to this day an agreement to continue its services over DU’s […]

Excitement is high for the FIFA World Cup in the region with four Arab countries participating in it for the first time. The first game on June 14 will see Saudi Arabia and Russia kick off the tournament. A GCC-wide study by OMD shows that 75 percent consider themselves extreme football fanatics and 65 percent […]

Starting as media research director at Optimedia Italy in 1995, Vittorio Bonori has spent the last 23 years with the Groupe, moving into his most recent role in 2016. Who better than a former data analyst and statistician to now lead the ROI agency as its global brand president? We caught up with Bonori to […]

Appetite Creative ‘Soul-utions’, a UK-based creative and digital advertising agency, has partnered with Dubai-based programmatic company MENA MarketPlace (MMP) to bring high impact units that can be traded programmatically. The partnership will see the launch of the ‘Liquid Skins,’ an ad format created by Appetite Creative that runs on all screen types across a range […]

By Puja Pannum, Blis MD, MENA Mobile, the fastest-growing ad platform in the world according IAB global, is still growing in MENA – with a penetration rate of 175 percent, according to the Media Industries in the Middle East 2016 report by the Northwestern University in Qatar. The same report though shows that marketers here […]

In May 2017, Al Jazeera became one of the many channels to partner with Snapchat in the region to be featured in its ‘Discover’ tab. However, Communicate has now learned that Al Jazeera is no longer visible for Saudi users (images below). In early June, six Middle East countries – UAE, KSA, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya […]

In early June, six Middle East countries – UAE, KSA, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya and Yemen – severed diplomatic ties with Qatar. Since then, there have been talks to resolve the crisis; however, Qatar has rejected the list of demands by the Arab states including that of shutting down Al Jazeera. The broadcasting network was first […]

On July 26, users in the UAE found themselves unable to access Arabian Business’ website and were instead redirected to a page with the below message. Speaking to a journalist on twitter, the TRA commented, “This website was blocked temporarily for 1 month in accordance with decision of the comptent [sic] authority concerning media activities […]

It has been claimed that Qatar-owned media have incited terror and death threats against a rival broadcaster over MBC’s TV drama Al Gharabeeb Al Soud (Black Crows). The series is a dramatized version of life under the Daesh rule in Syria and Iraq, therefore raising questions over whether the Doha-backed channels are standing up for […]

Six Middle East countries – UAE, KSA, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya and Yemen – have severed diplomatic ties with Qatar. Qatari nationals in the UAE have 14 days to leave the country while diplomats have 48 hours to return home. UAE nationals are banned from traveling to or staying in Qatar or even, transiting through its […]

Talkwalker, a global social listening and analytics company reveals the list of most loved brands globally as well as in the region. With the world economy experiencing a downturn, brand love can really help a brand grow and connect with the audience emotionally during this difficult time. Using Talkwalker’s enterprise social listening platform, the company […]