Emirates Business 24/7 suspends weekend edition

Emirates Business 24/7, the daily newspaper published by Dubai’s Arab Media Group (AMG), will stop printing weekend editions from this week to prepare for its relaunch in January as a more lifestyle-focused paper.

Abdullatif al Sayegh, the chief executive of AMG, said the move was designed to give the editorial staff time to create new sections devoted to local news, lifestyle, culture and listings, which recent market research indicated its readers were hungry for.

“The business environment in the UAE is not like the business environment anywhere else you go in the world,” Mr al Sayegh said. “When you look at the business papers like the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, they are purely business oriented, while business here is more of a lifestyle.