Arab Media Group

Infobox_Company
company_name = Arab Media Group
company_
company_type = Subsidiary
(Government-owned)
foundation = 2005
key_people = Abdulatif Al Sayegh
(Chief Executive Officer)
Vikas Jain
(Chief Operating Officer)
location_city = Dubai _ar. دبي
location_country =
flag|United Arab Emirates
industry = Satellite TV and Radio
Media
Publishing
Event Organizer
num_employees = 2,000

Arab Media Group (AMG) is a Dubai, United Arab Emirates, based media company, part of Tatweer, the holdings management arm of Dubai Holding. AMG is the largest media group in the United Arab Emirates and is structured similar to Viacom in the U.S..

Founded in March 2005, AMG has nine radio stations, three newspapers (managed by Awraq Publishing), two television channels, MTV Arabia and Nickelodeon (managed by Arabian Television Network), an online company (Arabian Online Network), a logistics and distribution company (Tawseel), a printing company (Masar), an event management company (Done), an outdoor advertising company (Shoof Outdoor) and a multimedia social networking community (ShoofTV).

Its newspaper titles are the English-language compact Emirates Business 24/7, its Arabic counterpart Emarat Al Youm, and the Arabic broadsheet Al Bayan.

Arabian Radio Network is AMG’s radio subsidiary which operates eight radio stations, Dubai Eye 103.8, Dubai 92, Pulse 95.3, City 101.6, Hit 96.7, Noor Dubai 93.9, Al Khaleejiya 100.9 and Al Arabiya 99. ARN’s ninth station will be Virgin Dubai, a branch of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin International, which is scheduled for early 2008.

AMG has a workforce of just under 2,000 staff across its five Dubai-based offices.

Arab Media Group subsidiaries

The company structure is as follows:

* Awraq Publishing [ [http://www.awraqpublishing.com/ Awraq Publishing] ]
** Emirates Businss 24/7 [ [http://www.business24-7.ae/ Business 24-7] ]
** Al Bayan
** Emarat Al Youm

* Arabian Radio Network [ [http://www.arnonline.com Arabian Radio Network] ] [ [http://www.ameinfo.com/131600.html AME Info. - Arab Media Group to launch Virgin Radio in Dubai] ]
** Dubai Eye 103.8
** Dubai 92
** Pulse 95.3
** City 101.6
** Hit 96.7
** Noor Dubai 93.9
** Al Khaleejiya 100.9
** Al Arabiya 99
** Virgin Radio Dubai

* Arabian Television Network [ [http://www.ameinfo.com/106613.html AME Info. - Arabian Television Network partners with MTV Networks International to launch 24-Hour MTV Arabiya] ] [ [http://www.arabianbusiness.com/5906-mtv-will-be-arab-media-groups-biggest-test-yet ArabianBusiness.com - MTV will be AMG's biggest test yet] ] [ [http://www.arabianbusiness.com/5899-amg-to-get-aggressive-in-tv ArabianBusiness.com - AMG to get 'aggressive' in TV] ] [ [http://www.arabianbusiness.com/7910-arab-media-group-to-get-aggressive-in-tv ArabianBusiness.com - Arab Media Group to get aggressive in TV] ] [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117962862.html?categoryid=2518&cs=1 Variety.com - Media mogul blazes trail - Al-Sayegh launches MTV Arabiya] ] [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117956350.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 Variety.com - MTV maps Mideast move] ]
** MTV Arabia
** Nickelodeon
** SHOOFtv

* Shoof Outdoor
* Done Events [ [http://www.doneevents.com/ Done Events] ]
* Tawseel [ [http://www.ameinfo.com/87604.html AME Info. - Arab Media Group launches Tawseel] ] [ [http://www.tawseel.com/ Tawseel - Distrubution & Logistics] ]
* Masar

ee also

* News Corporation
* Viacom

References

External links

* [http://www.arabmediagrouponline.com/ Arab Media Group]
* [http://www.business24-7.ae Business24-7]
* [http://www.emaratalyoum.com Emarat Al Youm]
* [http://www.albayan.ae Al Bayan]
* [http://www.dubai92.com Dubai 92]
* [http://www.hit967.com Hit 96.7]
* [http://www.virginradiodubai.com Virgin Radio Dubai]
* [http://www.arnonline.com Arabian Radio Network]
* [http://www.mtva.com MTV Arabia]
* [http://www.tawseel.com Tawseel]
* [http://www.donevents.com Done Events]
* [http://www.shooftv.com Shoof TV]
* [http://www.shoofoutdoor.com Shoof Outdoor]