UK to ban foreign state ownership of British newspapers
London, United Kingdom--The UK announced Wednesday that it plans to bar overseas governments from owning British newspapers, a move that could scupper the contentious Abu Dhabi-led takeover of the Telegraph Media Group. Stephen Parkinson, a media minister, announced in the upper-chamber House of Lords that the Conservative government would amend proposed...More GCC newspapers cease weekend publishing
Major GCC newspapers -- including Khaleej Times and Gulf News -- have ceased weekend editions due to financial pressure and declining readership.




