Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) has announced the launch of a new media service that allows passengers on board all FlyDubai flights to browse both Al Bayan and Emirates 24|7 newspapers on the screen of their seats. "The new service will allow the passengers to follow the latest news in both Arabic and English" said a DMI representative.

"DMI is proud of being proactive to keep abreast of all new trends in the media industry and always provide its audience with information services at home and abroad," said Ahmad Abdullah Al Shaikh, Managing Director and Director General of Dubai Media Incorporated. 

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Local newspapers brim with advertisements as election candidates in Abu Dhabi take to the stand in the first week of campaigning. The National cites that 30 pages of Arabic adverts were printed in newspapers in the first week. Front page spots in Al Bayan and Al Ittihad are fully booked until the end of the campaign on September 21, 2011.

Candidates are also advertising on billboards, radio and television. Across four popular Arabic newspapers – Al Ittihad, Al Bayan, Emarat Al Youm and Al Khaleej. There were 159 adverts for 71 candidates in the week.

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Dubai Media Inc. (DMI) in association with Mohammed Bin Rashid Programme for Leadership Development on Sunday launched a campaign to recycle papers used by its affiliate newspapers.The initiative, which is part of the green paper draft to preserve the environment, will help save at least 30 per cent of papers used in the UAE, Emarat Al Youm reported.

The project will involve distribution of green bags to the subscribers of DMI newspapers Al Bayan and Emarat Al Youm, which will be used to recollect the newspapers and sent to the factories for recycling.

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