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Yahoo buys Maktoob
By
Aziz Poonawalla
This is an interesting development – Yahoo has bought the Arabic-language portal Maktoob.com: The global internet giant said on Tuesday it has entered into a definitive agreement with Jordan-based Maktoob Group to acquire Maktoob.com for an undisclosed fee. Maktoob Business is a part of Maktoob.com. [..] The acquisition will allow Yahoo! to offer Arabic-language content…
goodbye Walter Cronkite; hello, Jon Stewart
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Aziz Poonawalla
Walter Cronkite’s passing away is an occassion for remembrance of a storied career and a true giant of journalism. It is not, however, the end of an era – the era of men like Cronkite ended a long time ago. While the media is engaged in a (well-deserved) hagiography about Cronkite’s career and influence, it…
What if the Green Revolution fails?
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Aziz Poonawalla
A remarkable thing happened yesterday at President Obama’s afternoon press conference – he took a question from an Iranian, relayed via Nico Pitney at the Huffington Post. Pitney solicited questions via the Iranian Farsi-language social networking site Balatarin and invited the community to vote on which one to ask Obama, and the question that received…
journalist Amira Hass arrested in Israel
By
Aziz Poonawalla
I view the freedom of the press as a sub-category of the general principle of freedom of speech, and believe that a free press is not only a sign of a healthy democracy, it is a prerequisite. Only with a free press can the actions of government be held accountable to the public which elected…
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