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Publicis Groupe acquires Flip Media, a leading Middle Eastern digital agency

Wed, 2012-02-01 08:30 - By

Announcement, Digital Media, Media Business, Media, acquisition of Flip Media, Dinesh Lalvani, Flip Media, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Martin Diessner, Publicis Groupe, Raja Trad, Tom Bernardin, Yousef Tuqan

Publicis Groupe announced today its acquisition of Flip Media, a leading digital agency in the Middle East. The agency will be folded into Leo Burnett Worldwide and will retain its name.Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Dubai (UAE), Flip Media has more than 100 employees across the Middle East and India, and has worked with some of the region's most well-known brands. The agency provides end-to-end digital solutions, including strategy, design and production, content and delivery, and technology across all platforms. In the years since its inception, Flip has been recognized across the region for its award-winning creative and pioneering technology. Its founders, Martin Diessner and Dinesh Lalvani, will continue to be involved as non-executive directors with Flip and Yousef Tuqan will remain CEO reporting into Leo Burnett’s Middle East North Africa CEO, Raja Trad.

Amandla Forum concludes successfully

Thu, 2010-05-06 15:43 - By

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Events, Media, Ahmed Nassef, Amandla Forum, Ehab Shanti, Isam Bayazidi, Laith Zraikat, Nadine Toukan, Rabea Ataya, Rania Atalla, Saad Abdulhadi, Yousef Tuqan, Zeid Nasser

Amandla Forum has concluded its second and final day today during a closing ceremony. The event’s second day started with workshops tackling the different aspects of communication empowerment and strategies; Storytelling, Brand Strategy, Online Strategy and Citizenship Journalism and New Media. A panel session was then carried out and moderated by Ms. Rania Atalla. The panel included top professionals and industry leaders in the Arab world, who spoke about the topic “Communications in the Arab World”.

One the panel were Ahmed Nassef - Yahoo! Middle East, Rabea Ataya - Bayt.com, Nadine Toukan - UrdunMubdi3, Zeid Nasser - mediaME, Yousef Tuqan - Flip Media, Isam Bayazidi - Ikoo, Saad Abdul Hadi - Al Nasher PR & Advertising, Anis Salem - Development Works, and Laith Zraikat - Jeeran.

A Plenary session by David Nassar then followed to cover the topic of "Embracing the Power of Online Communication in the Arab World".

Another set of workshops were conducted before the closing ceremony.