Dubai-based Abraaj Capital is possibly interested in bidding for the media assets of Turkey's Calik Holding. The assets, which include ATV television and Sabah newspaper, are being evaluated separately. "ATV and Sabah assets were separated. Investors' interest was focused on ATV television," a Reuters source said. "Abraaj was also added to the interested investors."

The National reports on recent negotiations into buying a majority stake in Motivate Publishing by Abraaj Capital, the Abu-Dhabi based equity firm. Motivate Publishing, the Gulf's leading publisher of magazines and books, based in Dubai, are known to produce Middle East editions of Hello! and Campaign magazines.