Newly-formed holding group Emicom Media has acquired five separate UAE businesses as part of its bid to increase market presence and widen geographical reach for its brands.
Modelling agency Bareface, visual content provider arabianEye, photographic and film space The Studio, production house Alchemy and Magnet (the newly formed merger between Bareface Production and arabianEye Production) all now fall under the Emicom umbrella, with the board of directors populated by senior members of the five companies. Through arabianEye, Emicom will also represent Corbis exclusively in the MENA region.
Jesus Blanco has been named as Emicom CEO, Venetia Maunsell as chairman, Celia Peterson as client service