According to Gulf News, Rupert Murdoch, the Chairman & CEO of News Corp, has urged Arab governments to ease censorship on inconvenient and unwelcome stories during his speech at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit. His thoughts on boosting the media sector through easing protectionism laws could pave the way to economic diversification in the Arab world. The decision for greater openness will further enhance creativity, and thus encourage creative content that is significant to the Arab community.

The Financial Times has reported that during the opening of the Abu Dhabi Media Summit, Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of News Corp, has warned Middle Easters authorities to liberalise their media markets if they want to attract international media groups and further improve creativity in the Arab world. Mr. Murdoch added that Abu Dhabi could become the capital of creativity that is modern, global and fully Arab, stating that creativity was “the one economic resource that is truly inexhaustible”.