Saudi sovereign fund to acquire $400m stake in Hollywood’s Endeavor

Endeavor’s units include Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s agency WME

Dubai Lynx: Ones to watch

We look ahead to some of the best talks taking place at this year’s Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity

UAE issue new regulation for influencers, e-commerce, news sites

Sites have three months to comply with the new guidelines

Saudi-owned broadcaster MBC to stop airing Turkish dramas

Tensions have been growing between Turkey and some GCC states

Saudi issues cinema regulation as first venues prepare to open

The kingdom announced it would be lifting its 35-year cinema ban in December

Saudi’s PIF acquires stake in US media business for $200m

Penske Media Corp owns Variety, Women’s Wear Daily and a majority stake in Rolling Stone magazine

Saudi Arabia plans to seize controlling stake in broadcaster MBC

Reports claim officials plan to transfer 60 per cent of the regional broadcaster, leaving the remaining 40 per cent with the company’s chairman

MBC’s Ibrahim to keep control of broadcaster after detention

Waleed al-Ibrahim was among hundreds of businessmen arrested in Saudi’s November corruption purge

Dubai Lynx

Dubai Lynx announces top speakers for 2018 festival

Burger King’s chief marketing officer leads an international line-up for the region’s premier creative festival

Saudi sovereign fund eyes $500m investment in Hollywood agency

The funds would be used to help WME, agency of actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, expand its operations

Video: Dubai’s Emirates talks upgrade requests in new ad campaign

“Our message is simple – why try so hard to upgrade your seat when you can fly Emirates instead?”

Saudi Arabia begins screening films after lifting of cinema ban

Authorities are sponsoring temporary settings until permanent theatres are opened

Nearly 7 in 10 Saudis plan to visit cinemas

A new survey has revealed a large appetite for film screenings in the kingdom as it prepares to open cinemas

Saudi sovereign fund plans cinema venture

The Saudi government has announced plans to lift a ban on cinemas next year

Saudi Crown Prince voted Time person of the year

The Crown Prince received significantly more votes than any other leader

Top 10 most popular brands among millennials in the UAE

Facebook is the most positively talked about brand among millennials in the UAE

Video: Emirates launches $15m advert featuring track from Queen

The campaign highlights some of Emirates’ key destinations

Saudi to open Moscow PR office

The kingdom reportedly plans to establish international PR offices to counter negative coverage

UAE’s Majid Al Futtaim to double cinema footprint with $327m investment

VOX Cinemas will grow through acquisitions and organic expansion, according to the firm

Kuwait police shut down ‘multi-million-dollar’ pirate cable network

Detectives found dozens of illegal Dish TV India satellite set-top-boxes and pirated OSN hardware at the premises

Saudi lifts ban on internet calling apps such as Skype, WhatsApp

The lifting of the ban could pinch Saudi Arabia’s three main telecoms operators

Snapchat removes Al Jazeera’s channel in Saudi

Snap was asked to remove the Discover Publisher channel

Saudi plans PR hubs in Europe, Asia to counter negative coverage

The kingdom is aiming to improve its international image and highlight reform efforts

PR firm Bell Pottinger’s Middle East arm to split from London parent

The London-based PR agency has put itself up for sale after running a racially charged campaign in South Africa

Four arrested in Abu Dhabi for ‘offensive’ YouTube video

Three men and a woman have been charged with violating ‘public morality’

Dubai-based business publication temporarily banned

Arabian Business has been banned for a month for “publishing false news”, officials said

Qatari websites unblocked in Saudi due to technical glitch

On Monday morning, Saudi viewers reported that beIN sports channels and websites were unblocked

UAE unblocks Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports

The Qatari cable channel was blocked more than a month ago due to the rift between the GCC states

How to ensure social media doesn’t turn customers off your loyalty programme

It is important to integrate loyalty into social media strategies

Five tips for marketing through signage

The golden rule for any signage is to ‘think about the audience’