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  1. Dubai has lost out on 30+ feature films due to lack of rebate system, says @Filmworksdubai. But that could change: bit.ly/Kh7XKq about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. @elzubeir Rules of the game. If you get a story independently, fine. But running a story based on emailed invite isn't good journalism. 9:06 AM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone from here   in reply to elzubeir
  3. Is it right for media to run a story based on info in a press conference invite? I think not, unless it's in public interest. Discuss. 9:01 AM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone from here  
  4. The rather inevitable story speculating over possible #Zuckerberg prenup: nytimes.com/2012/05/22/tec… 9:36 PM May 21st via Safari on iOS from here  
  5. Desperate times, desperate measures for booksellers. RT @TelegraphNews:#Waterstones to stock Amazon Kindle for 1st time bit.ly/JKbL8H 4:39 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
  6. Nice article on book by @cjpurcell offering "tongue-in-cheek look at Dubai". The NMC "had ALMOST no objections"...! bit.ly/JKarmc 4:29 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
  7. According to @NouraAlKaabi, creation of 500 jobs by @digitaldomaindd will make it the biggest company at @2454abudhabi: bit.ly/K4x9DJ 1:52 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
  8. The SFX company behind Titanic and Transformers movies is coming to Abu Dhabi - thanks to @NouraAlKaabi - bit.ly/KERaSA 12:17 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
  9. Now it's official: Saudi Arabia is stuck in the 15th century - bit.ly/MzdSMD 12:14 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
  10. Thanks to @NouraAlKaabi @afmfilms @ImageNationAD @Filmworksdubai for comments on Abu Dhabi's film incentive scheme: bit.ly/K4dP9w 10:15 PM May 20th via TweetDeck
  11. @elzubeir @sanjive01 Here's what I got from Etisalat on this story - more to follow online later: bit.ly/KnZgLF 8:26 AM May 20th via TweetDeck
  12. Good point, still waiting for Du's comment. RT @NicRidley: But will du follow suit? Is this the opening salvo in a price war? Let's hope so. 7:12 AM May 20th via TweetDeck
  13. Ha! +1 RT @elzubeir: @ben_flanagan Noway! An E24/7 headline is misleading? That's... impossible! @sanjive01 5:17 AM May 20th via TweetDeck
  14. @sanjive01 Etisalat has only cut rates of 1 internet package, landline prices still under review. Story later at thenational.ae 5:07 AM May 20th via TweetDeck in reply to sanjive01
  15. This headline v misleading RT @sanjive01:Etisalat to cut broadband internet rates by up to 50%; landline rates by 30% bit.ly/JpglcJ 5:06 AM May 20th via TweetDeck
  16. @Ammouni @samiaonthemove Yes v odd. Especially a release that has been sent to other journos. Interesting approach to 'media relations'... 1:59 AM May 20th via TweetDeck
  17. A PR for a major Abu Dhabi organisation just refused to send me a press release about something. That's a first. 1:52 AM May 20th via TweetDeck
  18. Thanks to @mattreed1 and @youseftuqan for their wise words about #Facebook - thenational.ae/thenationalcon… and thenational.ae/thenationalcon… 7:18 AM May 19th via Twitter for iPad from here  
  • Name Ben Flanagan
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  • Bio Telecoms & Media reporter at The National (www.thenational.ae). All views here are my own.
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