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Can media marketplaces disrupt traditional news outlets?

The statistics are by now familiar: newspaper and magazine subscriptions are in free fall, Facebook and Twitter are on the rise, and what...

marketplace news Media

Morocco's FollowLetter: an alternative to Google Reader for newsletter lovers?

Trying to collect and read news during the day is often an essential part of work, and yet it can also be massively distracting; an email,...

Task management Slow-reading Media

Entrepreneur launches magazine, radio show for Egypt's startups

As Egypt’s startup community continues to grow, coverage of entrepreneurship here has remained the domain of Western or more regional A...

Egypt Media Digital Media

TECOM Speed Business Dating in Dubai

On May 8, 2013, TECOM is hosting the third edition of Speed Business Dating with representation from a variety of business sectors and the ...

Technology Media

PR 101: A Guide for Startups

I am regularly approached by businesses, some on the cusp of existence, others barely launched, and a few even celebrating their ten year...

Advertising Marketing Media

Do You Want To Write on Wamda? Publish A Story and Win a Free WamdaCard Subscription

Do you love blogging? Have you been waiting for the right opportunity to go public with those notes piling up in Word files on your...

Digital Media Media

New Media Channel for Egypt's Sinai Fights Global Stereotypes

Apart from popular narratives about weapons, terrorism, smuggling, tunnels, the desert and the Bedouin life, what do you really know about...

Digital Media Media

How to Join Arabic Web Days and Post Arabic Content

Last week, Arabic Web Days launched as a new initiative to support Arabic content online, co-created between Yamli and Vinelab and suppo...

Arabic Content Digital Media Media

Heated Debates and Fresh Startups: What Stood Out at the Arabic Digital Content Conference in Amman

Two weeks ago more than 43 internet and business geeks spoke to a large audience of Arabic content enthusiasts in the Jordanian capital of...

Arabic Content Digital Media Ecosystem

Making Music a Social Experience: SoundCloud's Thom Cummings at SHARE Beirut [Wamda TV]

At SHARE Beirut 2012, Thom Cummings of SoundCloud discusses how their platform is making music and other audio files a more interactive and ...

Conferences Digital Media Media

Grass E-Magazine Paves the Way for Scientific Journalism in the Arab World

More often than not, those who write in science journals are scientists rather than scienctific journalists. While several western...

Digital Media Environment Media

The State of the Internet in 2012 [Presentation]

Henry Blodget and Alex Cocotas from Business Insider’s BI Intelligence team have assembled a detailed overview of the U.S. and global digita...

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Sami Ben Gharbia of Tunisian Collective Blog Nawaat at SHARE Beirut [Wamda TV]

At the SHARE Beirut gathering last weekend, Nawaat co-founder Sami Ben Gharbia discussed the influence of Tunisian independent collective...

Censorship Conferences Diaspora

Five Tips for Startups: How to Successfully Pitch to Journalists

Nicholas Holmes co-founded startup MediaGraph to help startups pitch to make public relations accessible and affordable to...

Advertising Digital Media Media

Dubai's MediaGraph Helps Startups Get Press Coverage

David Batey and Nicholas Holmes came to Dubai in the searing heat of June to get away from their daily grind and focus solely on getting...

Digital Media Media Pitching

The World of E-Commerce, Beyond Physical Goods, Part 5 [Wamda TV]

In the last segment of our CoE E-Commerce panel on The World of E-Commerce, Beyond Physical Goods, the panel fields audience questions. A...

Advertising COE CoE E-Commerce

A Startup Energy Unique to MENA: Mike Butcher of TechCrunch [Wamda TV]

Mike Butcher, European Editor at TechCrunch, discusses the startup scene at ArabNet and some interesting new technologies coming out of...

Media

Marketing a Book on Arabic Culture with an iPad App: The Finjan

Daveeda Shaheen lived in many places while she was growing up, among them the United States, Switzerland, and England. But wherever she was...

Media

A Fresh Approach to Music-Streaming in MENA: Eddy Maroun of Anghami [Wamda TV]

Eddy Maroun, co-founder of Anghami, describes his new web and mobile music-streaming platform designed to meet the demand in MENA for...

Media

The Wamda Media Effect: Why Media is Central to the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

It's always good to reflect on whether we're having any impact on the startups we profile- after all, we are obsessed with writing about...

Media

Diary of a Google Finalist: Do Arab Entrepreneur Tournaments Help Startups?

Sarah Wali left the U.S. media scene and returned to Egypt to pursue an idea for a citizen journalism platform for the Middle East. With...

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U.A.E

ACCESS Conference at Middle East Film and Comic Con (MEFCC) 2016

ACCESS Conference will once again run alongside Middle East Film and Comic Con (MEFCC), the first and largest popular culture festival in...

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13 must-read media sites on emerging startup economies

Not a week goes by without an international outlet mentioning how the startup scene is booming in emerging countries and...

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Creating a Digital Arabic Comics Market from Egypt [Wamda TV]

During the Flat6Labs Cycle 3 Demo Day, Mahmoud Ghoz, founder and CEO of Rawy, discusses his startup, a digital publishing marketplace and se...

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