Al Arabiya is an international Arabic news television channel, currently based in Riyadh that is operated by the media conglomerate MBC.
MBC Group, or Middle East Broadcasting Center Group, is a Saudi media conglomerate based in the Middle East and North Africa region. Launched in London in 1991, the company moved to its headquarters to Dubai in 2002 then moved to Riyadh in 2022.
Asharq Al-Awsat is an Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London. A pioneer of the "off-shore" model in the Arabic press, the paper is often noted for its distinctive green-tinted pages.
Orbit Communications Company was a privately owned Pay TV network, operating in Bahrain. Owned by Saudi Arabia–based Mawarid Holding, it was the first fully digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual, pay television service in the Middle East and North Africa and was also the world's first fully end to end digital TV network. Launched in 1994, it was originally situated in Tor Sapienza, Rome, Italy as the location was considered entirely suitable to build a satellite farm. Orbit employed around 600 employees who were largely a combination of British and Italian staff with several Arabic speaking nations also represented. Orbit broadcast in several languages around the world including English, Arabic, French and Filipino.
Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) is the official media organization of the government of Dubai. It was established in 2003 as a state-owned company comprising a number of print, radio and TV channels under its umbrella, including: Dubai TV, Al Bayan, Dubai One, Dubai Sports, Emirates 24/7, Tawseel and Masar Printing Press. The chairman of the board of directors of DMI, Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is also the deputy ruler of Dubai.
Dubai is a media hub for the Middle East region and is home to many television and radio channels.
Most newspapers are privately owned but are subsidized and regulated by the government in Saudi Arabia. The "Basic Law" of the kingdom states that the mass media's role is to educate and inspire national unity; consequently, most popular grievances go unreported in Saudi Arabia. For instance, the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in 1990 was not immediately reported in the Saudi Arabian mass media. As of 2013, BBC News reports that criticism of the government and the royal family and the questioning of Islamic tenets "are not generally tolerated. Self-censorship is pervasive." As of 2014, Freedom House rates the kingdom's press and internet "Not Free".
Following its independence from British occupation in 1971, the United Arab Emirates’ mass media landscape had already started some of its media sectors and continued to develop steadily. Since then, much of the UAE's media outlets fall under government-owned umbrella groups as well as regulation by the National Media Council and its extensions. The major types of UAE media are print press, radio, television, internet and social media.
Antoine Choueiri was a billionaire Lebanese media executive. He was the founder of Choueiri Group, the Middle East's largest media broker.
The Majalla, often directly transliterated as Al Majalla is a Saudi-owned, London-based political news journal published in Arabic, English and Persian. The magazine's headquarters in Saudi Arabia is in Jeddah.
Arab News is an English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia. It is published from Riyadh. The target audiences of the paper, which is published in broadsheet format, are businessmen, executives and diplomats.
Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud, also known as Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, is a former Saudi racing driver and businessman as well as a member of the House of Saud. Prince Abdulaziz is the minister of sports appointed by King Salman with a royal decree on 25 February 2020.
Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim is a Saudi Arabian businessman, and founder and chairman of Middle East Broadcasting Center, known as MBC Group.
Saudi Research and Media Group (SRMG) is a Saudi joint stock company registered in Riyadh. The group mainly publishes, prints and distributes various publications. The company operates in Saudi Arabia where there are no independent media.
Adel Al Toraifi is a Saudi journalist and a specialist in Middle Eastern affairs, focusing on Saudi-Iranian relations and foreign policy decision making in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He was the minister of culture and information of Saudi Arabia from January 2015 to April 2017.
Television in the United Arab Emirates began in 1969.
Moein Al Bastaki is an Emirati television presenter and magician. Hailing from Dubai, Al Bastaki is best known for his street magic, large illusions, mentalism and performing close up magic for international and Arabic celebrities. He is currently signed with WWE where he hosts WWE Wal3ooha.
Turki Abdullah Al-Shabanah was the Minister of Media in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 27 December 2018 to 25 February 2020. A longstanding media and entertainment executive prior to his appointment, Al Shabanah has run a variety of companies including Rotana. He was ranked by variety magazine as one of the "500 Most Influential Media Personalities of the World" in late 2018.
Turki AbdulMuhsen A. AlAlShikh, is a Saudi adviser at the Royal Court under the rank of Minister and the current Chairman of General Authority for Entertainment. Al-Shikh has held sports positions including president of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA), head of the Department of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF), chairman of the General Sports Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is also the chairman of the Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee, honorary president of the Al Taawoun Football Club in Buraidah, honorary president and chairman of the honorary members of the Al-Wehda Football Club in Mecca, and the former owner of the Egyptian Pyramids Football Club.
Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian diplomat and politician and a member of the House of Saud. Prince Faisal has served as the current Saudi ambassador to Germany since 27 March 2019. He has also served as foreign minister of Saudi Arabia since 23 October 2019, when he was appointed to that position by a royal decree issued by King Salman. Prince Faisal was born in Frankfurt, West Germany and spent a part of his childhood and young adulthood in that country, which is why he speaks fluent German according to German news media.
