Spark! with Shereen

Exploring new models of the publishing industry, with John Lillywhite

Shereen Abdulla Season 1 Episode 13

In this episode, we’ll be talking about the digitization of media in the Middle East. We sit down with John Lillywhite, who has a wealth of experience in this industry having undertaken several publication-focused roles both at corporations and entrepreneurial ventures. Together we discuss:

  1. Media consumption habits of Arabs in the Middle East
  2. Differences between the publishing industry in the West & the Middle East
  3. Machine learning advancements with the Arabic language
  4. New models in the publication industry (e.g. Blockchain)

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