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Title By: Della Ratta, Donatella, 1973- [Edited by] | Sakr, Naomi [Edited by] | Skovgaard-Petersen, Jakob [Edited by]
Material type: BookSeries: Library of modern Middle East studiesPublisher: London : I.B. Tauris, c2015.Description: xiii, 233 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781780767321Other title: Moguls.Subject(s): Mass media -- Arab countries -- Biography | Executives -- Arab countries -- BiographyDDC classification: 302.2309174927 AR AB Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Transformations in the Arab media landscape are a key element in regional dynamics of political change. Where do private owners of Arab media outlets stand on the scene? What part, if any, have they played in weakening dictatorships, countering sectarianism and political polarisation, and reforming business practices in the Arab world? Arab Media Moguls charts the fortunes of some leading media investors and entrepreneurs from Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia to examine their motives, management styles, financial performance and links to political power. The resulting profiles offer intriguing insights into the place of family, education, religion and media regulation in regional power structures.Globally, the rise of small digital media, increased competition law and the precedence of more digitally-savvy younger generations have fuelled doubts as to whether the archetypal 'media mogul' is a phenomenon with a future. How do such factors affect power plays in Arab media? Responding critically to existing Western scholarship and commentary on magnates in US and European media, this book explores how far existing assumptions and perceptions about powerful media owners' eccentricity, innovation and risk-taking apply in the Arab context and offers a range of alternative approaches to understanding the central position of certain individuals in the fast-changing Arab media business.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
Main Collection 		302.2309174927 AR AB (Browse shelf) Available Nov2018 T0061153
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302.2309 NE WM New media, old media : 302.2309 NE WM New media, old media : 302.2309 OR EX Exploring electronic media : 302.2309174927 AR AB Arab media moguls / 302.2309174927 EM AB Arab media in the information age. 302.2309174927 FA UN (Un)civil war of words : 302.2309174927 ME AR Arab media :

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-228) and index.

Arab media moguls: an introduction / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen --
Modalities of media governance in the Arab world / Joe F. Khalil --
Antoine Choueiri: 'President' of Arab advertising / Zahera Harb --
Pierre Daher: sheikh, baron and mogul of LBC / Sarah El-Richani --
THe Hariris, father and son: the making and unmaking of moguldom? / Katharina Nötzold --
Saleh Kamel: investing in Islam / Ehab Galal --
Walid al-Ibrahim: modernising mogul of MBC / Najat AlSaied --
Alwaleed bin Talal: media moguls and media capital / Marwan M. Kraidy --
Tarek Ben Ammar: the networked entrepreneur / Donatella Della Ratta --
Naguib Sawiris: global capitalist, Egyptian media investor / Naomi Sakr --
Broadcasting and businessmen in Egypt: revolution is business / Tourya Guaaybess.

Transformations in the Arab media landscape are a key element in regional dynamics of political change. Where do private owners of Arab media outlets stand on the scene? What part, if any, have they played in weakening dictatorships, countering sectarianism and political polarisation, and reforming business practices in the Arab world? Arab Media Moguls charts the fortunes of some leading media investors and entrepreneurs from Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia to examine their motives, management styles, financial performance and links to political power. The resulting profiles offer intriguing insights into the place of family, education, religion and media regulation in regional power structures.Globally, the rise of small digital media, increased competition law and the precedence of more digitally-savvy younger generations have fuelled doubts as to whether the archetypal 'media mogul' is a phenomenon with a future. How do such factors affect power plays in Arab media? Responding critically to existing Western scholarship and commentary on magnates in US and European media, this book explores how far existing assumptions and perceptions about powerful media owners' eccentricity, innovation and risk-taking apply in the Arab context and offers a range of alternative approaches to understanding the central position of certain individuals in the fast-changing Arab media business.

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