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Limelight Networks opens office in Dubai

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Limelight Networks, a global leader in digital content delivery, has opened an office in Dubai, further consolidating its commitment to the MENA region. Following this, Limelight Networks has also appointed Ingo Lalla as its Regional Director, MENA. As Limelight Networks’ Region Director for Central Europe since 2012, Ingo has been instrumental in planning and implementing Limelight’s growth and expansion strategy.

“Reliable, high performance delivery of digital content is critical to the success of organisations doing business online,” says Ingo Lalla. “The content delivery networking industry is seeing unprecedented growth due to the increase in online video services such as OTT and iTV, the increasing use of video on enterprise websites and the need for fast website load time and responsiveness. With our new office, we can deepen our already established customer relationships and extend our services to better serve our customers in the MENA region.”

Lucy Bettoney joins Seven Media

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Lucy Bettoney has joined the Seven Media team as PR and Media Relations Manager. With eight years of experience, Lucy worked on many areas of PR at Next Retail in the UK from regional to national womenswear and menswear, in roles spanning from Assistant Press Officer to Senior Press Officer. In her new role, Lucy will be working on PR and social media for a number of fashion brands in the Seven Media portfolio.

“I’m so pleased to be joining the team at such a vibrant and well-established PR agency,” says Lucy. “I’m really looking forward to starting a new and exciting challenge at Seven Media.”

 

Gareth Warren is promoted at Gulf News

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Gareth Warren has been appointed to the position of Deputy Editor – Technology, Gulf News Publishing. A Features Writer within the magazines, GN Focus and Contract Publishing department at Gulf News since 2012, Gareth has written across a range of topics including lifestyle, country and industry reports, sports and motoring, with a strong focus on technology. Working alongside the Editor, Gareth will now apply his extensive journalist experience to the technology sector of Gulf News Publishing.

“I’m lucky that my current role is the closest I’ll get to doing the things I love everyday,” says Gareth. “I would like to thank my colleagues and the region’s tech PRs for all the support over the past two years and apologise in advance for all the trouble I might cause them in years to come.”

BIEN magazine now live online

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Imperial Publishing has introduced the online version of its soon-to-be-launched beauty magazine BIEN. Offering a daily dose of beauty news, reviews, interviews and features, topics may range similar to the print publication, but bien.ae will provide sample opportunities where readers can try beauty products, services and tools in sample sizes for free. In exchange, readers will write their own reviews in order to gain access to more samples in the future.

The print version of BIEN will be available bi-monthly from March 2015, covering a wide range of topics dedicated to beauty specifically for UAE consumers. BIEN will be distributed in all beauty centres, spas, hospitals, offices, coffee shops, universities, nurseries, fashion shops and lounges across the UAE.

“I’m really excited to be a part of BIEN and to be a part of the lives of the women we hope to reach and inspire,” says Ayesha Pajares, Online Editor, bien.ae. “In a city that’s filled with fashion and lifestyle magazines, we provide a different perspective by focusing on the things that matter in a woman’s quest for refining, enhancing and projecting her true image. BIEN aims to be be her go-to destination in educating herself about her physical and inner beauty.”

 

Transform MENA awards now accepting entries

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The Transform MENA awards – for new and evolving brand and rebrand campaigns – is now accepting entries from companies, agencies and organisations in the Middle East and North Africa region. Returning to Dubai for the second time this June, Transform aims to recognise brand development work that is well thought-out, innovative and creative.

“2014 was an incredible year for Transform – with the launch of the magazine and the awards programmes in both the MENA and Asia-Pacific regions,” says Liz Foggitt, Publishing and Event Manager, Transform magazine. “We’ve had an extremely positive reaction to our publication and events, so we’re excited to launch the 2015 MENA programme. This year, we’re expecting to see the events grow and commend the most outstanding and inspiring branding work done in the past 18 months.”

For discounted entry to the awards, entries must be placed before February 24, 2015, with the final deadline set for March 10, 2015. Full entry details and applications can be found on www.transformmagazine.net/awards/mena.

Turret Media introduces new publication

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Turret Media has introduced a new publication to the UAE. Following on from the pilot issue’s success in December, Dubai Week magazine will now appear every Thursday starting February 5, 2015. With 60,000 copies to be distributed throughout the city, each issue will feature weekly news updates, interviews with influential members of the community, competitions, social pages and the latest information on where to go in the city, easy weekender destinations, lifestyle and community features, as well as property and interior news.

“Dubai is unique,” says Mez Dastoor, CEO of the Publishing arm of Turret Media. “It’s global, glitzy and glamourous. But it’s also the pace where two million people live, work and play. Dubai is a very special place and it needs a very special magazine – one that is written by and for the people of Dubai, not just for travellers and tourists. That’s why we  say – Dubai Week is the city’s magazine. Dubai Week is Dubai.”

Dennis Jarrett, Editor-in-Chief of Dubai Week adds, “We put a lot of effort into making sure that Dubai Week fits seamlessly into the Turret Media portfolio. It’s part of the Turret Media family – but at the same time, Dubai Week is a magazine with its own personality and style. We have a magazine that is readable and usable, as well as entertaining and enjoyable. We want the reader’s trust and respect; we want the reader’s friendship too.”

Dubai Week is a sister magazine to Abu Dhabi Week, which has a BPA-certified circulation of 82,000.

Elevision Media partners with Bloomberg

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Bloomberg has signed a content agreement with Elevision Media to provide dynamic financial data and market-moving headline news, which will be streamed over its outdoor LED digital display adjacent to the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Gate Building.

Known as the ‘DIFC ticker’, the digital display is the longest of its kind in the Middle East. Under the agreement, it will broadcast a wide range of Bloomberg content complementing the Nasdaq Dubai market data already on display, including indices and currencies data.

“The DIFC ticker is designed to deliver valuable content to Dubai’s financial hub and there is no better or more relevant content producer than Bloomberg,” says Niall Sallam, Founder and CEO at Elevision. “With its up-to-the-minute news and market data featuring on the ticker, we can create an effective and dynamic advertising opportunity for brands. Likewise, Bloomberg will enhance its ability to communicate with its target audience using a unique platform in an iconic location.”

The financial data and news headlines supplied by Bloomberg will be supplemented by DIFC branded content, as well as a revolving stream that will allow brands to leverage the digital media platform with targeted messages suited to a professional demographic.

 

MEConstructionNews.com launched

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MEConstructionNews.com, a portal to serve the Middle East’s expanding construction industry has been launched in Dubai. The venture comes about as an exclusive poll carried out by CPI Media Group revealed that 45 percent of regional professionals in the field prefer to read news online. MEConstructionNews.com will feature daily updates about the sector from a staff of journalists specialising in key topics, including consultancy, machinery and sustainability.

The platform is part of CPI Media Group, which publishes leading magazines including Big Project and Construction Machinery Middle East. Writers and editors from all titles, as well as the group’s international staff – in locations such as the UK and Germany – will be contributing regularly to the website.

“The MiddleEast’s construction industry is growing, with dozens of mega-projects underway and a resurgence in key markets such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia,” says Raz Islam, Publishing Director, CPI Media Group. “With more opportunities out there than ever, MEConstructionNews.com is the region’s key news service for professionals looking for a spot-on industry insight.”

The portal additionally offers targeted advertising opportunities in business areas, ranging from architecture to infrastructure and building materials to business information modelling.

Reach Media launches new title for Emiratis

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Reach Media, the publishers of bi-monthly magazine Global Citizen, has launched a new luxury title for the domestic market entitled Emirati Citizen. The first of its kind, the bi-monthly newspaper features only Emiratis and is designed with a dual language format in English and Arabic.

“We mistakenly think that Emiratis know everything about each other because it’s such a small community, when that simply isn’t the case,” says Armand Peponnet, CEO of Reach Media and Publisher of Emirati Citizen. “There is demand for a title with high-quality journalism that will showcase the achievements of Emirati citizens to Emirati citizens, the nationals who have shaped one of the fastest growing economy’s in the world; the entrepreneurs, philanthropists, artists, visionaries and social businesses to their peers and the rest of the world.”

The first issue of Emirati Citizen was distributed in January as a supplement with its sister title, Global Citizen. Future issues will be stand-alone and can be found in all first class lounges in the UAE, financial district banks, law firms and government offices, all villas on the Palm Jumeirah, royal palaces, fine dining restaurants and selected cafés across Dubai and Abu Dhabi.