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Emirates Business 24/7 to become e-paper

Shaikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of DMI, has ordered converting the print edition of the English daily ‘Emirates Business 24/7’ into an e-paper.

The new electronic edition will go online from the middle of next month. It will be run by a professional editorial staff, providing quick information and analysis that keeps abreast of local and international news.

The electronic edition of 24/7 will benefit from the infrastructure of Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) regarding its audio-visual and print product in presenting the developed content in the digital world, which meets the needs of the readers in the country, GCC and the Arab World.

Shaikh Maktoum also ordered the setting up of a team to be chaired by Dhahin Shaheen, CEO of Press Affairs, and Sami Al Riyami and Riyadh Magdadi, Editor-in-Chief and Editor, respectively, of Emirates Business 24/7, as members of the committee. The other members include Ahmed Al Hamaddi, Assistant CEO for Corporate Support, and Samir Hamza, Director of news centre at DMI.

Ahmed Al Shaikh, Managing Director and Director-General of DMI, said the launch of the new electronic edition of Emirates Business 24/7 will improve the quality in digital media, and demonstrate the local news in a different perspective to the world and, at the same time, “will serve as an interactive forum with the readers and those concerned online”.

Emirates Business 24/7 in its new electronic edition will become the source of the news wherever the reader is, he said, noting that it will also present different interactive services on the basis of the updated IT soft programmes, of which are the SMSes in English as well as technologies that are in compliance with the smart phone generation. The services also include the famous social interaction portal websites, such as Facebook and Twitter.

“The launch of the edition is in line with the international trend in this field,” he said, adding that prestigious media corporations in the Western world have also gone online.

The issue of the new edition will reflect the full-fledged integration between DMI arms, as Dubai One TV channel will telecast a weekly programme titled ‘Emirates Business 24/7’ dealing with general affairs, and forms as bridge for communication between the electronic edition and the TV and the viewers. — news@khaleejtimes.com