Sam Barnett, CEO of Saudi-owned, Dubai-based broadcaster MBC Group, has resigned.
A memo sent from MBC Group Chairman Waleed Al Ibrahim to all staff at the broadcaster announced Barnett’s resignation with “a mix of sadness and gratitude”.
MBC, short for Middle East Broadcasting Centre, has 18 television stations, including Arabic News channel Al Arabiya. It was launched in London in 1991, as the first satellite broadcaster serving the region. It moved its headquarters to Dubai in 2002.
Al Ibrahim’s statement said there would be a “short transition period” while the management “finalise the process underway for identifying Sam’s successor from a pool of top industry executives wi
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