The Dubai-based Emarat al-youm daily was taken out of circulation for 20 days in July, following a ruling by the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal. The court ruled to suspend the newspaper following an article published in 2006 alleging "doping of a race horse" owned by two sons of the UAE's president. Managing editor Basel al-Rafiyeh tells APN that surprisingly the suspension had a positive effect. More
Press Freedom News
Content licensing gains ground in the Arab world
24 March 2009
The number of Arab newspapers licensing their content is on the growth, allowing them to increase their visibility outside the region. While being a fairly new phenomenon in the Arab world, content licensing has already attracted some major titles, such as Gulf News and Khaleej Times. APN spoke to Mark Gatty Saunt, Head of Content Licensing and Sales at the Dubai-based Al Bawaba company, which licenses, aggregates and distributes content from Arab newspapers and other publications through its Syndigate service. More