March 7th, 2008
3:00 pm
Africa, Amazing, Arabia, Asia, Europe, Interesting, International, Jazar, Latino, Lists, Media, PR, USA
This year’s version of Forbes Magazine World’s Billionaires List is a little bit different, Bill Gates, who topped this list for the past 13 years, came third this year in the rally that included 1,125 billionaires form all over the world.
~ If you would like to use those numbers and figures on your blog/website/report please do, but please do refer to me, I spent time and made efforts to figure it out 
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The USA reserved the lion’s share with 41.69%, leaving Russia second with 7.73%.
46.4% are between 50 - 69 years old, while 0.53% are in 20’s.
But how accurate this list is? Do billionaires reveal information about their fortunes for the media? Plus it seems like this list didn’t cover kings and rulers.
34 Arabs from 5 countries came is this list:
1. Saudi 13
2. Lebanon 7
3. UAE 6
4. Egypt 4
4. Kuwait 4
Names sorted according to the rank:
19. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud - Saudi Arabia
46. Nasser Al-Kharafi & family - Kuwait
60. Naguib Sawiris - Egypt
68. Nassef Sawiris - Egypt
96. Onsi Sawiris - Egypt
97. Mohammed Al Amoudi - Saudi Arabia
100. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family - United Arab Emirates
107. Sulaiman Al Rajhi - Saudi Arabia
112. Maan Al-Sanea - Saudi Arabia
194. Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber - Saudi Arabia
203. Saleh Kamel - Saudi Arabia
214. Saleh Al Rajhi - Saudi Arabia
334. Saad Hariri - Saudi Arabia
349. Abdullah Al Rajhi - Saudi Arabia
368. Majid Al Futtaim - United Arab Emirates
368. Sulaiman Algosaibi - Saudi Arabia
396. Samih Sawiris - Egypt
412. Khalid Bin Mahfouz & family - Saudi Arabia
412. Bassam Alghanim - Kuwait
412. Saif Al Ghurair & family - United Arab Emirates
412. Kutayba Alghanim - Kuwait
446. Najib Mikati - Lebanon
446. Taha Mikati - Lebanon
462. Khalaf Al Habtoor - United Arab Emirates
524. Aymin Hariri - Saudi Arabia
524. Fahd Hariri - Lebanon
573. Mohamed Al-Bahar - Kuwait
605. Abdulla Al Futtaim - United Arab Emirates
743. Mohammed Al Rajhi - Saudi Arabia
843. Nazek Hariri - Lebanon
962. Said Khoury - Lebanon
1014. Hind Hariri - Lebanon
1062. Hasib Sabbagh - Lebanon
1062. Mahdi Al-Tajir - United Arab Emirates
Top 20 countries in the list:
1. USA 469
2. Russia 87
3. Germany 59
4. India 53
5. China 42
6. Turkey 35
6. UK 35
8. Hong Kong 26
9. Canada 25
10. Japan 24
11. Brazil 18
11. Spain 18
13. Australia 14
13. France 14
15. Saudi Arabia 13
15. Italy 13
17. South Korea 12
18. Switzerland 11
19. Mexico 10
19. Sweden 10
Looking at age groups:
20’s: 0.53%
30’s: 3.82%
40’s: 17.16%
50’s: 23.20%
60’s: 23.20%
70’s: 17.60%
80’s: 9.42%
90’s: 1.60%
NA: 3.47%
You can see the full list here.
Someone is messing with the Middle East, ITP reports that a forth internet submarine cable was damaged earlier today, something is fishy here, how come 4 main internet cables get damaged for unknown reasons in less than a week?
Should we consider the conspiracy theory? Some people assume that ship anchors caused it, frankly I don’t buy this, this is a multi-million dollar business and it can’t be this easy to break.
We are talking about main cables that feed a whole region, you can’t just throw them in the sea unprotected knowing the size of the data being transferred through these cables, plus it’s so difficult and complicated to get them fixed in case of any damage.
I’m against describing it “conspiracy”, but it’s weird and I can’t find any explanation, first it’s only the Middle East, second some of those cables are new, and finally 4 cables down in less than a week, it’s weird.
If some ship anchor can damage a main submarine internet cable, what would happen in case of an earthquake or a hurricane, what would happen if we had a Tsunami in the Arabian Gulf?
via [ casualPR ]
mediaME.com, the world’s first user generated content portal for advertising and media professionals, serving the Middle East region, has launched a Gallery of TV Commercials (http://mediame.com/ad_gallery/TVC) that enables creative and production staff to upload and share their work online. It will be updated daily and feature the latest commercials from across Arab markets.
This is the latest addition to an already wide range of services and content available at mediaME.com, with an emphasis on interactivity and user-generated content that has elevated the site, since its establishment around a year ago, into the premier online community for marketing communications professionals.
mediaME.com provides daily industry news (headline news, opinions of users, bloggers, exclusive interviews and PR), a jobs channel (the only one in the region that aggregates marcom jobs from all online job sites), a media rates section providing downloadable rate cards, a creative gallery already full of work from across the region, an events section on upcoming media and advertising events, a company directory that spans all countries of the region and more features. And it’s all free to access and share!
Commenting on the launch of its latest service, Founder & CEO Zeid Nasser said “A Gallery of TV Commercials is a natural step forward, as we already have the most comprehensive online gallery of print/outdoor/BTL work in the region. We are completing the set of traditional media resources, with more ideas in the pipeline in coming months!”
‘After being online for more than a year, we have reached thousands of industry professionals across the region and received feedback that helps us meet their needs. Currently, we have nearly 1,000 active registered users, and we send out our weekly newsletter to a database of 2,500 professionals’ said Samer Marzouq, Portal Manager at mediaME.com.
mediaME.com was launched in December 2006, by MediaScope Ltd, a company with operations across the region that serves marketing communications sectors with specialized directories and events.
The organisers of the 2nd Dubai Lynx Awards honouring advertising creative excellence across the Middle East and North Africa, announced today the members of the four juries, including the inaugural Media jury.30 leading creatives and media experts from around the world make up the four Dubai Lynx juries. Convening in Dubai, they will judge and award MENA’s best creative advertising. The winners will be revealed on the 2nd of April at the evening awards ceremony and dinner, which will be the culmination of the 1st Dubai International Advertising Festival.
The Integrated jury is made up of members from the three other juries, including all the jury presidents, and will be chaired by Piyush Pandy, Executive Chairman & National Creative Director of Ogilvy & Mather India, who also heads the TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor and Radio jury.
‘We are delighted to bring together an international group of highly professional and talented judges whose expertise of the business will be of immense importance to the judging process and ultimately to the region’s advertising and communications industry,’ said Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, organisers of Dubai Lynx.
TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor and Radio Jury
Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & National Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, India (Jury President)
Mike Edmonds, Partner & Creative Director, Meerkats Brand Communications, Australia
Urmas Villmann, Creative Director, Kontuur Leo Burnett, Estonia
Wolf Heumann, Executive Creative Director, Jung von Matt, Germany
Jagdish Ramakrishnan, Executive Creative Director, BBDO Singapore, Singapore
Alistair King, Executive Creative Director, King James, South Africa
Agustín Elbaile, Creative Vice President & Creative Co-Director, McCann Spain, Spain
Anna Qvennerstedt, Creative Director & Senior Partner, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden
Mark Hunter, Executive Creative Director, Euro RSCG, United Kingdom
Christoph Becker, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer NY, Draftfcb, USA
Interactive and Direct Jury
Wolfgang Haf, Chief Executive Officer Central Europe, Wunderman, Germany (Jury President)
Maximilien Guena, Creative Director, Tequila France, France
Ashish Bhasin, EVP - Lowe Worldwide & Asia Regional Director - Integrated Marketing, Lintas India, India
Enrico Gasperini, President, Digital Magics, Italy
Dave King, Creative Director, Aim Proximity Auckland, New Zealand
Andrew Ambrogione, CEO & Executive Creative Director, Action Ambro’s, South Africa
Óscar Rojo, General Creative Director, Fullcontact, Spain
Zeke Tastas, Creative Partner, Scholz & Friends Stockholm, Sweden
Ben Clapp, Executive Creative Director, Tribal DDB, United Kingdom
Heath Rudduck, Executive Creative Director, Digitas, USA
Media Jury
Mark Coad, Managing Director, OMD Australia, Australia (Jury President)
Wout Dockx, Chief Executive Officer, Initiative Brussels, Belgium
Markus Biermann, Founder & Managing Director, CROSSMEDIA, Germany
Jakub Bierzyñski, Chief Executive Officer, Omnicom Media Group, Poland
Zoltan Szigeti, President, thegroup, Romania
Carmen Montero, President, Mediaedge:cia Iberia, Spain
Louise Fallenius, Media Director Print, Carat Sverige, Sweden
Avril Gallagher, Client Managing Director, Starcom MediaVest Group, United Kingdom
Ernie Simon, President & Chief Strategist, MindShare, USA
Integrated Jury
Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & National Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, India (Jury President)
Wolfgang Haf, Chief Executive Officer Central Europe, Wunderman, Germany
Mark Coad, Managing Director, OMD Australia, Australia
Wout Dockx, Chief Executive Officer, Initiative Brussels, Belgium
Dave King, Creative Director, Aim Proximity Auckland, New Zealand
Jagdish Ramakrishnan, Executive Creative Director, BBDO, Singapore
Alistair King, Executive Creative Director, King James, South Africa
Agustín Elbaile, Creative Vice President & Creative Co-Director, McCann Spain, Spain
Anna Qvennerstedt, Creative Director & Senior Partner, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden
Mark Hunter, Executive Creative Director, Euro RSCG, United Kingdom
Christoph Becker, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer NY, Draftfcb, USA
In the past, elections candidates in Jordan used to promote themselves using very traditional tools like brochures and fabric banners, it was so simple with no special designs and advertising in the media, but this year things changed.
This year, candidates took their campaigns to a higher level by spending a lot of money on booking space in the media and compete with commercial advertisers; TV and radio, SMS broadcast, outdoor with wall-units, bus branding, bus stops and tunnels, prime locations in the daily newspapers, and more than that, online with Google AdSense and Facebook!
Some candidates enhanced images of their campaigns through creating logos and good photo shooting. It’s really amazing to see that things are improving, but the thing is if the candidates started to hire media buyers and art directors, then I believe it’s time they should hire copywriters to come up with different messages rather than the usual crap that they use.
To me if a candidate was so sincere and open I will definitely elect them; they can say: Elect me cause I’m handsome, or I won’t fool you, I just want to have this job in the Parliament cause the salary is good! Makes you feel honesty.
But the thing is, I don’t believe that those candidates are spending that amount of money just to serve people, I just don’t buy it, I believe it’s all about gaining a prestigious position in the community and a high-paid job, so come on guys stop the bullshit.
I really admire Amman Municipality for taking the initiative of having a blog, according to the press conference that was held earlier today, Amman is the first city in the Arab world to tap into the blogging world.
The blog looks promising, it will be a direct communication channel between the citizens and the Municipality, and hopefully it will attract more Jordanians to read and interact with the variety of topics that concern each one of us.
The design is neat and reflects the “look & feel” of Amman Municipality, and is equipped with social bookmarking buttons to spread the word out.
I believe it might be good to have an English interface with English-language posts just to showcase achievements and improvements in the city to a wider audience.
Congratulations to the Municipality and to Jeeran on the launch.
