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| Chris
Cramer, CEO of CNNI, asks NewsXchange Ljubljana conference participants
"Did Our World Really Change After September 11?" 
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Interview with Chris Ross Special Coordinator for Public Diplomacy.
Sarah J. Sullivan spoke to Ambassador Ross in Washington DC about the US
government's attempts to send a message to the Muslim world. |
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"Why Do We Hate Them?" - Arab satellite coverage of 9-11's first anniversary helped articulate the region's response to "Why Do They Hate Us?" Humphrey Davies watched for three days. |
 CNN Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski participating via satellite at NewsXchange Ljubljana. |
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| Once London-based, the Middle East Broadcasting Center is now firmly ensconced in Dubai. S. Abdallah Schleifer visited, spoke with Director General Ali Al-Hedeithy and Head of News Salah Negm, and soaked up the atmosphere. | ||||||
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| Interview with Salah Negm, MBC Head of News | ||||||
| Orbit
Television and Radio Network: TBS interviewed Orbit's CEO, and got briefed on "a new interactive era."
Orbit
Announces New Channels and Services by Hamid Ouddane "Arab
Satellite Broadcasting in the Age of Globalization":
Nineteen Mass Communication scholars and leading Arab professional broadcasters gathered for three days in Cambridge, UK, to consider the issue of "Furthering Integration and Enhancing Fragmentation in the Arab World." The conference was sponsored by the Center of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (CMEIS) and convened by CMEIS fellow Khalid Hroub. The four papers reproduced here are provisional versions; final versions of the proceedings will be published in full in book form. The Effects of Satellite Television on Arab Domestic Politics by Jon B. Alterman The Impact of Arab Satellite Television on Culture and Value Systems in Arab Countries: Perspectives and Issues by Muhammad L. Ayish Should We Talk To The Enemy? by Jasim Al-Azzawi Arab Satellite Channels Between State and Private Ownership: Current and Future Implications by Naomi Sakr Channel News: ANN, one of the region's smaller channels, struggles with financial and political issues. Noha El-Hennawy reports. No stranger to controversy, Al Jazeera riles rulers once again. Assya Y. Ahmed listens to "the opinion…and the other opinion." Egypt's El Mehwar is one of a new crop of privately-owned stations. However, finding that special niche is not easy, even if you know what you want to say, as Naila Hamdy reports. The court-ordered closure of Lebanon's Murr TV calls the country's reputation for press freedom into question. Assya Y. Ahmed traces the web of politics, religion, and money. Zen TV has quietly sought out the Arab world's most forgotten audience—youth under 25. But can its version of the modern Arab win the day? Hassan M. Fattah reports from Beirut. Super
News Center Setting Up in London for LBC and Al-Hayat: An Interview with Jihad
Khazen and Salah Nemett by S. Abdallah Schleifer. New
Guys on the Block: Al-Majd 2 and Khalifa TV by the TBS editors. Issues and Developments:
Stop Press: The following stories appeared too soon before TBS's deadline to allow reporting. TBS considered them important enough to quote direct from the press. Protocols, Politics and Palestine (Al-Ahram Weekly) Dream's Wake-up Call? (Al-Ahram Weekly) Al Jazeera Dealt New Blow By Kuwait (News World) Jordan Releases Al Jazeera Journalists (News World) |
| "Transnational
Broadcast Services and Their Impact on the Peace Process in the Middle East"
by Hussein Y. Amin.
"A New Order Of Information In The Arab Broadcasting System" by Tourya Guaaybess. |
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The
Far Side of the Satellite Reviews |
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