tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post8253004754815947791..comments2024-02-01T13:43:30.395+04:00Comments on Dubai Media Observer: Launch your missiles at the KT relaunchmediamonsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13462585789471094939noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-61551625911855685962008-09-23T08:13:00.000+04:002008-09-23T08:13:00.000+04:00@21:04...lol!! the whole region is a joke, a very ...@21:04...lol!! the whole region is a joke, a very sad joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-56796878584793081352008-09-23T06:29:00.000+04:002008-09-23T06:29:00.000+04:00The larger question probably wants to get at why D...The larger question probably wants to get at why Dubai was able to make itself untouchable. How the fuck did that happen? Good marketing story. Y'all should know, probably.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-69781868310733507442008-09-22T21:04:00.000+04:002008-09-22T21:04:00.000+04:00@18.38... Sound's like part of an ITP job ad I onc...@18.38... Sound's like part of an ITP job ad I once mistakenly applied to... LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-14064456124630992692008-09-21T18:38:00.000+04:002008-09-21T18:38:00.000+04:00please do not say anything negative about Dubai. T...please do not say anything negative about Dubai. The place, just like its neighbors, treats everyone equally; respects human rights; especially workers' and women's; the justice system is the envy of the world; there is total and complete freedom of press, including internet; the business environment is completely transparent; workforce is hired based on merit and not on nationality; and no they are not confused about whether to use american or british spellings, the world trade center is just one example; pays the really meager amount to laborers on time...so please do not criticize the year round sunshine emirate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-75370668799623460942008-09-18T10:24:00.000+04:002008-09-18T10:24:00.000+04:00Assembling a bunch of wire stories and selling ads...Assembling a bunch of wire stories and selling ads is the business model for newspapaers all over the world. All these people so wound up about what defines a newspaper and seeming to believe it has to involve some high level ethical integrity or Woodward and Bernstein journalistic philosophy are living in a dream. Newspapaers are just that: news printed on paper. From complete crap to all the news that's fit to print, thay are all newspapers. Where 7 Days fits on the scale is pretty obvious but it's still a newspaper - a free, local, lowest common demonitator rag. It's the most amusing of the lot during a quick lunch or coffee break.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-27301419428672459402008-09-17T19:20:00.000+04:002008-09-17T19:20:00.000+04:0010:35: Here is what I actually said: "Anonymous sa...10:35: <BR/>Here is what I actually said: <BR/><BR/>"Anonymous said... <BR/>7Days is hardly a local paper. It mostly runs wire stories. It's not really even a newspaper.<BR/><BR/>14 September, 2008 19:27"<BR/><BR/>Then someone said that distribution, not content, determines whether a paper is local. <BR/><BR/>Maybe so. The problem is that a free, locally distributed rag that doesn't have the nutsack to actually cover real local news the way a free, local newspaper should is not a newspaper at all. It's a collage, a digest, a compendium, but not a newspaper. Distribution is pretty much beside the point if the paper doesn't report news. <BR/><BR/>And where did I clearly state that 7Days misses the point? <BR/><BR/>The point of 7Days seems to be: Assemble a bunch of wire stories and retarded letters, sell some ads, call it a newspaper, and make some money by refusing to reinvest any of it in reporting. That's the point. <BR/><BR/>In other words, 7Days doesn't miss the point, but you did, and sadly, the joke's on all of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-83496451245445598262008-09-17T14:52:00.000+04:002008-09-17T14:52:00.000+04:00But The Times or IHT, which is also now printed in...But The Times or IHT, which is also now printed in Dubai, means actually reading a newspaper and you dont expect any of these people to read anything, which is why they love rags like 7Days or The National.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-57745375015762632192008-09-17T12:31:00.000+04:002008-09-17T12:31:00.000+04:00This is why I read Arabian Business - it's just a ...This is why I read Arabian Business - it's just a little bit more original and in the know than The Notional or 7 Days...<BR/><BR/>Ashley snubs takeover talks for cocktails<BR/><BR/>by Claire Ferris-Lay and Andy Sambidge<BR/><BR/><BR/>Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley snubbed a crucial meeting with Arab investors on Tuesday night – choosing instead to spend the evening drinking Mojito cocktails at a Dubai beach bar.<BR/><BR/>Ashley had been due to hold talks with Dubai officials over a possible sale of the club, at the Mina A’Salam Ramadan Tent, in the Madinat Jumeirah Hotel.<BR/><BR/>The meeting was due to begin at 11pm, and followed the handing over of sale documents for the club earlier in the day, in which Ashley stated he wanted no less than $860 million to sell Newcastle FC – more than twice the sum he paid for it in 2007.<BR/><BR/>Sources close to the talks say an offer had been made to buy the club on Tuesday, of around $360 million. A follow-up meeting was planned to discuss the offer.<BR/><BR/>However, Ashley arrived at the Bahri Bar, just five minutes walk from the Ramadan Tent, at just before 10pm on Tuesday night and began ordering drinks.<BR/><BR/>He was joined at the bar by Newcastle United managing director Derek Llambias and director of football Dennis Wise.<BR/><BR/>While standing at the bar Ashley was overheard to tell Llambias that he wouldn’t go to the Ramadan Tent saying the earlier offer was an “insult”.<BR/><BR/>Wise and Llambias briefly left the bar on several occasions to answer calls on their mobile phones, while Ashley himself remained. The group left shortly after 1am on Wednesday morning.<BR/><BR/>Dubai officials had gathered at the nearby Al Majlis beachside tent, where Ashley had been invited to join them for talks over dinner.<BR/><BR/>Ashley and his party were due to be flying back to the UK on Thursday morning. However, it is understood they may leave Dubai on Wednesday, as the chances of any takeover fade.<BR/><BR/>Dubai investors told: Newcastle is yours for $860mn<BR/>EXCLUSIVE: Figure included in documents handed to Dubai ruler's representatives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-92090288758733232052008-09-17T11:52:00.000+04:002008-09-17T11:52:00.000+04:00'17 September, 2008 08:32'Or, we could all downloa...'17 September, 2008 08:32'<BR/><BR/>Or, we could all download The New York Times and pretend we don't live and work in the UAE at all.<BR/><BR/>'16 September, 2008 10:25'<BR/><BR/>Agree. Especially bit about the National, I find it cringing to read those winsome pieces on Ravi's or Bani Yas (which, BTFW, was actually a hunting resort not a nature reserve) or day in the life of a taxi driver (I know what his day is like I spend most of my day in the taxi with him).<BR/><BR/>This Blog needs new management, it's stagnating like a beachside villa on The Palm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-2507595662433241392008-09-17T10:35:00.000+04:002008-09-17T10:35:00.000+04:00anon @ 22.16you clearly stated it misses the point...anon @ 22.16<BR/><BR/>you clearly stated it misses the point and then you admit you have no idea what the point is. chump.<BR/>perhaps you do work in burger king...or at least shouldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-41026362518667663392008-09-17T08:32:00.000+04:002008-09-17T08:32:00.000+04:00Why buy the Notional or GN or whatever - when you ...Why buy the Notional or GN or whatever - when you can get a copy of The Times every day? If it is important, it will be in it. If it is about Sheikh Zayed being the best/tallest at World Peace, it will not.<BR/><BR/>Refreshing, reaches the parts no local rag can, highly available, very fucking good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-77246607086892214052008-09-17T04:48:00.000+04:002008-09-17T04:48:00.000+04:00if you like 7Days then you deserve the media you g...if you like 7Days then you deserve the media you get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-20814423951318191952008-09-16T22:16:00.000+04:002008-09-16T22:16:00.000+04:0015:48: Don't work at the "notional", though it doe...15:48: <BR/><BR/>Don't work at the "notional", though it does speak volumes that the only way you can process criticism of 7Days is by accusing the critic of working for 7Days' competitor. It's like saying, "Oh, you don't like McDonald's? Perhaps you work at Burger King. That speaks volumes."<BR/><BR/>And don't think I implied that there is a point, so I'm not really sure what you're talking about, saying I - in my "infinite wisdom" - need to tell you what the point really is. <BR/><BR/>You're an awful speller and grammarian, by the way. Even worse than me, and I'm not even a journalist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-38701807786548829532008-09-16T17:24:00.000+04:002008-09-16T17:24:00.000+04:00The problem with the National is that it may be cr...The problem with the National is that it may be critical, but it's too tedious to get to the bite - normally buried five paras down.<BR/><BR/>Well written in terms of sentence structure, not well written in terms of style or the ability to extract and highlight the real story and put it in the lede.<BR/><BR/>Frankly I prefer 7 days. At least it is what it pretends to be. A free rag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-80384360888056958082008-09-16T13:11:00.000+04:002008-09-16T13:11:00.000+04:00has anyone seen this utter garbage Time Out are or...has anyone seen this utter garbage Time Out are organising? The Inspire Awards?? Is it some elaborate joke or are they serious? Child of Bravery? Pictures of firefighters holding kids? <BR/><BR/>Anyone can nominate - may I suggest a campaign to nominate completely undeserving people in each catergory to show what an utter sham this is.<BR/><BR/>Also note that on the site they have a 'sponsorship' page complete with sales contacts. <BR/><BR/>What a total fucking disgrace.<BR/><BR/>http://www.inspiredubaiawards.ae/index.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-90495920687562577492008-09-16T10:25:00.000+04:002008-09-16T10:25:00.000+04:00Does anybody here actually like media? Or is every...Does anybody here actually like media? Or is everything beneath your Olympian standards? <BR/><BR/>7 Days is a popular success, which can still crack a good story and still engages its readership. It's survived one of the most aggressive shut-down campaigns the UAE has seen in recent years, and kept its sense of humour. <BR/><BR/>The National is also doing a good job, although the "new ex-pat discovers fascinating point about Arab culture" features are getting a bit dull. <BR/><BR/>Seriously, if you don't like newspapers, go work in a bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-59190974169780959292008-09-16T04:31:00.000+04:002008-09-16T04:31:00.000+04:007Days is not worth commenting on, period.7Days is not worth commenting on, period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-87071830659922671292008-09-15T22:02:00.000+04:002008-09-15T22:02:00.000+04:00'Personally i think the media worldwide should sto...'Personally i think the media worldwide should stop reporting these terrorist attacks'<BR/><BR/>Nice to see a real journalist posting here. <BR/><BR/>Does this plum work for ITP? Time Out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-8313521296366514722008-09-15T21:48:00.000+04:002008-09-15T21:48:00.000+04:00And this forum gives whinging losers like you some...And this forum gives whinging losers like you somewhere to write. <B>At least 7days is not government controlled like the others</B><BR/><BR/><BR/>Hahahahahaha<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hahahahaha<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>....<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Hahahahahahaha.<BR/><BR/>Nice one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-56037644939361013302008-09-15T19:08:00.000+04:002008-09-15T19:08:00.000+04:007days might not be government controlled, but let'...7days might not be government controlled, but let's not pretend that means it can do what it likes. Since it had its balls cut off a couple of years ago it's been very reluctant to rock the boat - The National is much more critical of the UAE. Look at their proper, in-depth reporting of things like the corruption probe and the recent ATM fiasco. No one else has bothered to do much more than run wire copy/straight news updates.<BR/><BR/>I also think it's true that the 7days letters pages are a shadow of their former, sometime gripping, self. The poster who said they're now full of whingeing losers is perhaps exagerating, but is not that far off the mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-68073176315521750112008-09-15T18:47:00.000+04:002008-09-15T18:47:00.000+04:00Come on guys - both the National and 7 Days are ru...Come on guys - both the National and 7 Days are rubbish. Stop bickering about which is worse - it's like choosing between vomit and excrement. A nasty job, and no one has to do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-62011592679695760362008-09-15T17:13:00.000+04:002008-09-15T17:13:00.000+04:00And this forum gives whinging losers like you some...And this forum gives whinging losers like you somewhere to write. At least 7days is not government controlled like the othersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-62025154715930193942008-09-15T16:22:00.000+04:002008-09-15T16:22:00.000+04:00The only thing likeable about 7 days is that its f...The only thing likeable about 7 days is that its free.. and the letters page gives a platform to every whinging loser to have a say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-36284339768609034902008-09-15T15:48:00.000+04:002008-09-15T15:48:00.000+04:0005.22if 7days misses the point then in your infini...05.22<BR/><BR/>if 7days misses the point then in your infinite wisdom could you enlighten us as to what 'the point' is.? as you obviously know so much about it. per haps you work at the notional which speaks volumes.<BR/>7days is the best paper here by miles.<BR/>The notional cant even get kilie dates right even though they threw it on the front page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-50601564645747165602008-09-15T15:43:00.000+04:002008-09-15T15:43:00.000+04:00anon @ 19.27.'its not a local paper'you utter fool...anon @ 19.27.<BR/>'its not a local paper'<BR/>you utter fool. it is the distribution that depicts wether it is local ,not the content.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com