Saudi Arabia has come to dominate Arab media over the past three decades, and the media landscape stands to change greatly following the arrests of these three men, reads an analysis on Washington Post. ‘Saudi King Salman to step down next week’The three Saudi billionaires above have an oversized influence in Saudi media and they were the founders of companies which have gone on to become the largest media conglomerates across not only Saudi Arabia, but the entire Arab world. The 1990s were a decade of immense change in Arab media, and the three men had a hand in most important transactions which took place in the industry. Ibrahim provided Saudi Arabia with it’s answer to Qatar’s Al Jazeera in the form of the Al Arabiya channel which attempted to provide ‘liberal’ commentary on Saudi society. Looking at the reach of Saudi media across the Arab world, this will lead the young crown prince to have a powerful voice across the region.

Source: The Express Tribune November 17, 2017 08:48 UTC