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Lebanon's LBC TV Rides Layoffs Wave Ahead of Murdoch Buy-in, Arab Media Market Expansion

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 11.03.2009 | Media


Magda Abu-Fadil

Lebanese media group LBC recently sliced 140 jobs, is trimming fat, and repositioning itself for a mega deal involving Rupert Murdoch's purchase of shares in Rotana Media.

Female Journalist Sentenced To 60 Lashes For Sex Show On Saudi Arabia TV

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 10.24.2009 | World


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi court on Saturday sentenced a female journalist to 60 lashes after she had been charged with involvement in a TV ...

Mazen Abdul-Jawad, Saudi Detained For TV Sex Confession, Causes National Uproar

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 09.06.2009 | World


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Many in this ultra-conservative kingdom, where husbands and wives rarely even kiss in public, have been scandalized by a ...