Financial Times: Baghdad mobile operator may retreat
The head of Iraqna, the company providing Baghdad's mobile telephone service, warned on Wednesday that he was considering halting its operations in Iraq after his family's US subsidiary, Contrack International, said it was pulling out of a $325m reconstruction contract.
Naguib Sawiris, chairman of the Egypt-based Orascom Telecom, Iraqna's parent company, said: "I'm not into the business of putting the lives of my people in danger. If [the violence] goes on, they won't find anyone willing to work in Iraq." More
Posted by Matthew Burton on December 22, 2004 at 12:30 PM in Mobile telephony | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (145)
Heinrich-Boll on Arab media
The Heinrich-Boll Foundation has published a study on Arab media.
Posted by Matthew Burton on December 20, 2004 at 12:41 PM in Links and Announcements, Middle East media | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (100)
CEIP on Arab media
The Carnegie Endowment's Arab Reform Bulletin focuses on Arab media in their December issue.
Posted by Matthew Burton on December 17, 2004 at 12:39 PM in Links and Announcements, Middle East media | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (456)
BBC: Radio station to help Iraqis decide
A special radio programme to cover the Iraq elections produced by Iraqis and for Iraqis is being launched.
The half-hour programme called Election Radio will be available on a variety of independent, local Iraqi radio stations throughout the election period.
The project is being funded by the German government and the editorial team is based in Berlin. More
Posted by Matthew Burton on December 16, 2004 at 09:41 AM in Elections | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (152)
NY Times: On the Air, Palestinians Soften Tone on Israelis
"...something significant has shifted in recent weeks, since the death of Yasir Arafat, according to those who monitor the broadcasts. Suddenly there is talk of reconciliation. Israeli troops are called by more neutral terms. Scenes of destruction have fallen away. And the regular Friday sermons have become considerably more moderate." More
Posted by Matthew Burton on December 15, 2004 at 12:19 PM in Middle East media | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (68)
onlypunjab.com: American Media Consultants to Assist Iraqi Elections
Tony Marsh and Lance Copsey, principals of the Republican media consulting firm Marsh Copsey + Scott, recently signed a major contract with the International Republican Institute to develop an election media center. The media center will be a critical component to help Baghdad's candidates and political parties in Iraq's first ever free and fair election. More
Posted by Matthew Burton on December 12, 2004 at 12:14 PM in Elections | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (408)
Orlando Biz Journal: How Harris Corp. became a media player -- in Iraq
MELBOURNE -- With little fanfare, Harris Corp., the giant government information technology and defense contractor, has developed a new niche -- media -- in a place many view as a bit odd: Iraq. More
Posted by Matthew Burton on December 10, 2004 at 09:46 AM in Al-Iraqiya/Iraqi Media Network, Public diplomacy | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (116)
