DUBAI: The Choueiri Group CEO has said he is proud of the results his company achieved with MBC Group as they end their partnership after 16 years.
MBC announced earlier this month that its advertising partnership with Arabian Media Services (AMS), a Choueiri subsidiary, had come to an end.
“We are proud of the mutual trust, record growth and shared successes with MBC Group, over nearly 16 years of sustained growth, across all MBC channels, platforms and offerings,” Choueiri Group CEO and chairman Pierre Choueiri said on Monday.
Their partnership started in 2005 and will come to an end at the end of the year.
“Our journey has been paved with challenges, opportunities, great achievements and tangible results. We obviously have a lot of gratitude and appreciation to MBC,” Choueiri added.
MBC, considered the largest media company in the Middle East and North Africa, announced it would be launching an in-house commercial advertising and sales unit.
The new MBC Media Services will be majority controlled by MBC Group and will begin operations at the start of the new year.
Going forward, Choueiri said he is “optimistic, or rather bullish about the future,” especially in light of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 reform plan.
“We are currently assessing new partnerships with top industry players across the advertising, media and entertainment spectrum,” he said.
Choueiri Group says proud of results as partnership with MBC Group ends
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Choueiri Group says proud of results as partnership with MBC Group ends
Foreign press group welcomes Israel court deadline on Gaza access
- Supreme Court set deadline for responding to petition filed by the Foreign Press Association to Jan. 4
- Since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, Israeli authorities have prevented foreign journalists from independently entering the Strip
JERUSALEM: The Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem on Sunday welcomed the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to set January 4 as the deadline for Israel to respond to its petition seeking media access to Gaza.
Since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, sparked by Palestinian militant group Hamas’s attack on Israel, Israeli authorities have prevented foreign journalists from independently entering the devastated territory.
Israel has instead allowed, on a case-by-case basis, a handful of reporters to accompany its troops into the blockaded Palestinian territory.
The Foreign Press Association (FPA), which represents hundreds of foreign journalists in Israel and the Palestinian territories, filed a petition to the supreme court last year, seeking immediate access for international journalists to the Gaza Strip.
On October 23, the court held a first hearing on the case, and decided to give Israeli authorities one month to develop a plan for granting access.
Since then the court has given several extensions to the Israeli authorities to come up with their plan, but on Saturday it set January 4 as a final deadline.
“If the respondents (Israeli authorities) do not inform us of their position by that date, a decision on the request for a conditional order will be made on the basis of the material in the case file,” the court said.
The FPA welcomed the court’s latest directive.
“After two years of the state’s delay tactics, we are pleased that the court’s patience has finally run out,” the association said in a statement.
“We renew our call for the state of Israel to immediately grant journalists free and unfettered access to the Gaza Strip.
“And should the government continue to obstruct press freedoms, we hope that the supreme court will recognize and uphold those freedoms,” it added.
An AFP journalist sits on the board of the FPA.
