Wed, 2011-06-15 06:40 - By
Media Business,
Media,
Public interest,
Arab Spring,
Bill Spindle,
Blake Hounshell,
Dow Jones Newswire,
Foreign Policy magazine,
Gulf News,
laws,
regulations,
Role of Media in Arab Societies,
social media,
Wall Street Journal
The penetration of social media in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region and its role in the Arab Spring means that laws controlling social media posts and information dissemination are soon imminent, leading media experts said in the capital yesterday.
Tue, 2010-12-07 15:48 - By
Content Business,
Digital Media,
Media Business,
Media,
FoxNews,
Gerd Leonhard,
Google versus AT&T,
ictQATAR's Connected Speakers Series,
The Future of Music,
Twitter,
Wall Street Journal
Every content and media industry, including film, TV, radio, gaming, software, music, publishing and news, has been severely impacted by the explosive growth of the Internet and the empowerment of the hyper-connected consumer. The move from a pre-internet broadcast culture to a broadband culture has changed pretty much everything, from economic models and their underlying business logic to the very definition of copyright and fair use, according to media futurist Gerd Leonhard.