Comments on: The sting will be in the tail for the UAE’s newspapers https://campaignme.com/the-sting-will-be-in-the-tail-for-the-uaes-newspapers/ Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:03:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 By: Matt https://campaignme.com/the-sting-will-be-in-the-tail-for-the-uaes-newspapers/#comment-39174 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:03:40 +0000 https://campaignme.com/?p=3733#comment-39174 I suspect I’m the target audience for The National, but I don’t bother buying it because it won’t/can’t report the news. The Sheikh Issa case being a prime example. I understand why they can’t report on these things but it utterly undermines their position as a newspaper that wants to be credible.

7Days is plucky and deserves credit for it’s daily human-interest stories, but you wouldn’t use it as a source of serious news.

Likewise Sport360 – I get up-to-the-minute sport news (and now live footage) on my smartphone. The days of picking up a newspaper the following morning to see the result/report ended in the mid-90s.

And I’ve refused to even touch a copy of The Gulf News since Jan 2009 and this debacle: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2009/jan/06/dubai-middleeast

]]> By: Billy https://campaignme.com/the-sting-will-be-in-the-tail-for-the-uaes-newspapers/#comment-38603 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:10:05 +0000 https://campaignme.com/?p=3733#comment-38603 The only paper I trust for good up to date news is 7DAYS,I look foward to my daily fix of 7DAYS content.

One question : Why has Mr Vohra had so many jobs?

]]> By: Rupert https://campaignme.com/the-sting-will-be-in-the-tail-for-the-uaes-newspapers/#comment-38589 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:36:39 +0000 https://campaignme.com/?p=3733#comment-38589 Inspiring, engaging, refreshing = 7DAYS.
I for one congratulate the ‘Phantoms Of The Opera’ for remaining centre stage for over 9 Years.

]]> By: Biff https://campaignme.com/the-sting-will-be-in-the-tail-for-the-uaes-newspapers/#comment-38416 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 06:59:41 +0000 https://campaignme.com/?p=3733#comment-38416 I agree with some of this – KT could close tomorrow and no-one would notice. National is good but massively under-delivers given the size of its newsroom and the depth of its pockets. Gulf News is stagnant and a new size will not make a difference. Gulf Today I have never seen let alone read. Sport 360 is outperformed daily in sport coverage by TN and must be losing a fortune. The only hope for the UAE is 7DAYS. They may be small in size but they outclass the other publications in terms of serious news coverage (you will never see a press release cut and paste into 7DAYS).

Newspapers here are like banks – unwilling to change and unable to see the massive problems they will soon face.

]]> By: J https://campaignme.com/the-sting-will-be-in-the-tail-for-the-uaes-newspapers/#comment-38409 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:32:34 +0000 https://campaignme.com/?p=3733#comment-38409 First stone has been thrown. Looks like it hit.

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