Boxing News Middle East launches

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The Middle East’s first and only dedicated boxing news portal has launched under the title Boxing News Middle East (www.boxingnewsme.com). The Dubai-based platform has been created to highlight local and regional boxing talent, events and news through insights, features, analysis and hard-hitting opinion pieces that cover issues on the sport in the region.

The online platform has the facility for boxers to upload their fighter profile as well as submit alerts to the news team to highlight any upcoming fights.

MCG Associates announces new offices

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MCG Associates has announced the launch of its new offices in London and Hong Kong to serve the media, marketing, digital and PR sectors globally. Following the launch of its new offices, MCG has appointed Zena Alana as the Associate Director of the London office, which will focus on the media, design and tech sectors with an aim to work positions in London, Manchester, Berlin and Amsterdam using London as its base. The consultancy has also appointed Adam Michael Toctan as the Managing Director of its Hong Kong office, which will work with agencies across APAC to serve the advertising, designing and branding industries.

“I’m so proud to be taking MCG Group global,” says Justin McGuire, Chief Executive Officer, MCG Group. “A talent organisation set-up in the UAE initially to serve the media industry, we’ve now spread our wings with the intention of becoming number one in every territory we move into. We already have plans to look at the USA and Australia in 2017 – so watch this space.”

Al Arabiya welcomes Sara Hamdan

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Online news station, www.alarabiya.new/English has welcomed Sara Hamdan to the role of weekly Columnist. With over 12 years of experience in journalism, Sara is currently working on a part-time project with Google as well as her blog holidaysinheels.com and previously worked for The New York Times. In her new role, she will be writing one column per week that will be published every Sunday on topics of fashion, food, travel and lifestyle on the Al Arabiya English platform.

Nation Media Group appoints The MediaVantage

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Dubai-based media company, The MediaVantage has been appointed as the exclusive sales representative for Nation Media Group in the Middle East. Founded in 1959, Nation Media Group is an independent media house in East and Central Africa with operations in print, broadcast and digital media. The MediaVantage will now have the rights to sell advertising and commercial opportunities across all titles owned by Nation Media Group to clients and media agencies in the Middle East.

“The Middle East continues to be an attractive market for African investors as well as visitors and we feel that now is the time to appoint the right media representative to manage our commercial interests,” says Joe Muganda, CEO, Nation Media Group. “The MediaVantage is clearly the market leader and we are delighted to have selected Manoj Khimji and Imane Eddinari along with their team to partner with us and represent Nation Media Group.”

Manoj Khimji, Managing Director, The MediaVantage, adds “We are delighted to add all titles owned by the group to our current roster of leading African media. We look forward to offering complete media solutions from the African continent to clients and agencies in the Middle East. Joe has the right vision and ambition to match our capabilities and offer innovative opportunities to advertisers in the region. Together we look forward to a strong and profitable partnership.”

Society magazine launches revamped website

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Society magazine, part of Gulf Times newspaper, has re-launched its website with a new design that offers enhanced usability and functionality. The Qatar-based publication offers a range of features that include; lifestyle and social issues relevant to Qatar expatriates as well as nationals. The redesigned website will now feature a comments interface, boxes for rating content and e-mag with a page-flipping effect.

“For the past few months, as we’ve been putting out the magazine, we’ve also been busying ourselves behind the scenes, crafting something new and different,” says Amjad Vanimal, Editor, Society. “The result is a fresh-looking website that’s up and running from today. We have listened to our readers’ feedback and made improvements to make it easier to navigate our website and find what they are looking for faster. The talented design and technical team here at Society have put their heart and soul into the new website. This is just the start of a journey that will continue to improve over the coming months and years so please watch out for more changes coming up.”

Publicis Media ME makes new leadership appointments

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Following the launch of Publicis Media in the Middle East, Alex Saber, Chairman of Publicis Media Middle East and Steve Parker, CEO of Publicis Media Middle East, have made some key leadership appointments. Alain Brahamcha, former Client Managing Director at Starcom, has been appointed the new CEO of Mediavest|Spark, Middle East, where he will continue to work on building strong strategic client partnerships, developing talent as well as introducing and accelerating digital innovation. Former Managing Director of Digital at Starcom Mediavest Group, Ali Nehme will now take on the role of Chief Strategy Officer at Publicis Media, Middle East. In this role, Ali will work closely with the Publicis Media leadership group on designing and operationalising the vision of the company. Tarek Daouk, previously Managing Director at Mediavest, has now been appointed to the role of CEO of Starcom, Middle East and Firas El Zein will continue in his role as CEO for Zenith, Middle East.”We have been on a continuous journey of transformation and have built on our talent, which we believe to be the foundation of our business,” says Alex Saber, Chairman of Publicis Media, Middle East. “Together, with our world class practices, we will help our clients, people and business grow and create another chapter of pushing the boundaries in the media agency landscape.”