Following the partnership agreement with Arab 24, announced last month, ENEX has announced a series of partnerships in the region. The expansion comes in three parts: a major agreement has been reached with a leading pan-Arab news agency to supply content, a new Jordanian television channel joins and, for the first time, ENEX will take […]
Following the partnership agreement with Arab 24, announced last month, ENEX has announced a series of partnerships in the region. The expansion comes in three parts: a major agreement has been reached with a leading pan-Arab news agency to supply content, a new Jordanian television channel joins and, for the first time, ENEX will take on a wholly print and digital entity from Egypt into the group.
ENEXs global membership base now reaches 56 with the latest signing of Al Ordon Al Yoom (Jordan Today), one of Jordans commercial news channels. ENEX now has five Middle Eastern partners and talks are reportedly ongoing with a number of others.
The Middle East expansion follows similar regional growth in Latin America and Asia. ENEX has news editors based in Bogota, Colombia and Sydney Australia and has ambitions to locate a news editor in the Middle East to coordinate news activities.
The latest agreements were negotiated by ENEXs MENA Operations Manager Hamza Attar who has previously worked in Egypt, Gaza and the United Arab Emirates.
ENEX has also reached outline agreement with the leading privately owned Egyptian newspaper and digital entity Al Masry Al Youm (The Egyptian Today). The newspaper is rapidly developing its digital edition and seeking to incorporate more video into its offer.
Enex has traditionally partnered with commercial broadcasters but this latest negotiation signals a move to broaden ENEX membership not just geographically but to other types of media entities.
