Wallis Marketing Consultants may open a full-service Doha office within a year, after winning the Qtel business.

Country time-warps back to 2007 levels on plunging real estate and finance sectors, but 2010 looks better.

Tech company awards Active its regional PR account.

Yemeni government suspends eight papers while its militias burn thousands of copies, sues Al Ayyam editor – and now arrests and holds Mukalla Press ed-in-chief.

Reverse-psychology advertising is coming into play in America, with these “Don’t Vote” ads from Borders Perrin Norrander.

Meeja heavy-hitters including Martin Newland, Joseph Ghossoub, OMG’s Elie Khouri and Piers Morgan named for ITP conference.

McCann-affiliated network at heart of last year’s Lynx scandals won’t be offering a repeat performance.

This business card features an actual working set of lock picks.  Simply twist the tools to detach them. 

Developers cut Q4 08 spending in UAE media from $80 million in October to $25 million in December, as property firms hit buffers.

People meters will "spark boom in Middle East media", so says management consultancy A.T. Kearney, anyway.

Newswire joins Bloomberg and CNN with shiny new regional offices, increased focus on commercial.

Etisalat and du both strike deals for broadcast of English Premier League football.