Lovin Dubai buys 7Days’ social media handles. In January, Augustus – the holding company behind online news and entertainment guide Lovin’ Dubai – bought the social media channels that used to belong to UAE daily 7Days. 7Days closed at the end of 2016, and a representative of Augustus told Campaign it had paid “a substantial amount of money” for 40,200 followers on Instagram, 164,000 on Twitter and more than 74,000 likes on Facebook.
Al Arab News Channel closes. Employees at Al Arab News Channel, owned by Saudi billionaire Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal, were told in February that “management has decided to cease its operation with immediate effect”. The 24-hour pan-Arab news cha
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