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Al Jazeera, which means “the Island” or “the Peninsula” in Arabic, referring to the networks status as the only independent news network in the Middle East, is a television network headquartered in Doha, Qatar. Initially launched as an Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel with the same name, Al Jazeera has since then expanded into a network with several outlets, including the Internet and specialty TV channels in multiple languages, and in several regions of the world.

The Figaro Group is a media company working on both paper and digital supports. It is led by Le Figaro, France’s best selling newspaper. It releases weekly magazines focused on investigation journalism, woman-trend and TV news. Lefigaro.fr is France’s leading news website. The group also includes sites dealing with sports, economics, weather forecast or classified advertisement.

“Russia 24” Television network is the only Russian information network broadcasting 24 hours a day. The network covers world news and news from Russia’s regions, as well as economic analysis and interviews with highly influential people.

Caixin Media Company Ltd. is a Beijing-based media group dedicated to providing high-quality and authoritative financial and business news and information through periodicals, online, conferences, books, and TV / video programs. Caixin aims to blaze a trail that helps traditional media prosper in the new media age, while distributing comprehensive, in-depth and accurate news and information on various multimedia platforms. Jointly produced by Caixin Media and one of China’s leading think tanks – the China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD) -, Century Weekly is a nationwide general news magazine published every Monday. It was one of the earliest Chinese magazines approved to chronicle the nation’s era of reform and opening.

L’Express, the first French newsmagazine has 2,052,000 readers every week. Its website attracts 5.2 million visitors. Born close to 60 years ago, the magazine published regular contributions by Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, André Malraux, François Mauriac, Françoise Sagan. It remains today at the heart of debates that shape the news.

El País is the leading newspaper in Spanish language. It was born on May 4, 1976, established by a wide group of professionals, intellectuals, journalists and politicians, and it quickly became the most influential and best-selling newspaper in Spain. It currently has an audited circulation of over 400,000 copies and a daily readership of over two million. El País is the global newspaper in Spanish and has its own editions in several European and Latin American capitals. El País has adapted to the new times and is committed to new technologies. Its website, has increased considerably the number of its users.

CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, is the leading global broadcaster of live business and financial news and information, reporting directly from the major financial markets around the globe, with three regional networks in Asia, EMEA and the US. In EMEA, CNBC is the only real-time, pan-regional business and financial news network dedicated to CEOs, senior corporate executives, the financial services industry and EMEA investors. The channel is available in more than 130 million homes, 1,400 banks and financial institutions and leading hotels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Additionally, CNBC.com gives you access to live streams of all three CNBC regional networks and to the world’s most comprehensive archive of business news videos ever assembled.

The Chosun Ilbo is recognized as the most influential daily newspaper in Korea. Its circulation is 2 million per day. It publishes 48~64 pages everyday. Maintaining the No.1 position in newspaper subscriptions and readership for the past decade, it is the most preferred newspaper among opinion leaders. The Chosun Ilbo is also Korea’s first private and national newspaper. Established on March 5, 1920, it was suspended four times during the Japanese colonial period. It overcame these ordeals and strengthened the groundwork for a centennial history.

On the radio, TV and web, BFM Business is a unique media and the leading French TV channel on economics and financial information. 3.3 million people watch BFM Business every month and it is business leaders’ preferred channel.

Winner of both a National Magazine Award for Global Excellence and a Webby award for Best news app, Bloomberg Businessweek provides the ideas, analysis and data global business leaders need to get ahead. Stories look beyond the headlines to give readers fresh perspectives and deeper intelligence on international business news, innovative companies, global economics, technology and industry trends, government policy and more. Drawing on more than 2,300 news professionals in 146 bureaus across 72 countries, Bloomberg Businessweek covers the business world like no one else – in print, on Businessweek.com and on the industry leading Bloomberg Businesssweek+ app.

FRANCE 24 is the first international news channel that offers a French perspective and sensibility on world events. It broadcasts worldwide on a 24/7 basis on three channels, in French, English and Arabic. FRANCE 24 can be accessed by cable, satellite, ADSL and mobile phone. The website is available in 3 languages (English, French and Arabic).

The leading French news magazine, Le Nouvel Observateur presents each week the changes in the economic, political and social landscape. Offering a contemporary perspective, it is a weekly magazine that has its own news analysis, ideas and convictions covering all aspects of current events in order to deliver an original point of view.

Monte Carlo Doualiya is an Arabic-language radio, broadcasting to the Middle East on medium wave from Cyprus and on 28 FM frequencies in 12 countries. The most recent transmitter was installed in Benghazi in 2011. The radio programmes provide balanced and diverse news. A completely new programme schedule favours live coverage and interactivity.

WanSquare is a French digital media, a subsidiary of Le Figaro, which covers economic and financial news. It provides an inside view on the latest economic news from a non-conformist perspective, in contrast to the generally accepted point of view. WanSquare also provides its subscribers with exclusive information about French companies, institutions and their leaders, in order to provide a comprehensive vision of the market environment to decision makers.

RFI is the leading French world news radio with international news round-the-clock. RFI broadcasts 24 hours a day on FM, shortwave, as well as on cable and satellite, internet and telephone networks around the world. Thanks to its multilingual desks based in Paris along with its outstanding force of 600 correspondents worldwide, RFI gives the listeners a global outlook. The news bulletins and feature programmes in 12 languages provide a different perspective of the world. RFI keeps its listeners updated throughout the day about the latest developments in international news and current affairs.