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Top 24 Media organizations based in the United Arab Emirates
RevenueBase identified 69 media organizations headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026 and tracks 6,110 professional contacts across them, including 1,333 with verified work emails. Dubai is the largest hub.
This list covers media organizations headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 24 largest media organizations based in the United Arab Emirates
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,466 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “شركة أبوظبي للإعلام هي شركة الإعلام الرائدة في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، تركز على تطوير وإنتاج وتوزيع المحتوى المتميز والهادف للجمهور المحلي والعربي عبر 21 منصة إعلامية تشمل…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,115 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) achieved through its multiple media channels (press, radio and TV) remarkable success and prestigious status on the level of media in the Arab world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,058 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ITP Media Group is one of the world’s most diversified media houses, with a portfolio spanning international consumer and trade publishing, influencer marketing, live events, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 547 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We developed a range of landmark media offerings across a spectrum of disciplines including Broadcast, Film, Music, Digital and Media Services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 335 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MOBY GROUP was launched in 2002 by the Mohseni family with the establishment of the first private radio station, Arman FM, in post-conflict Afghanistan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 246 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Al Mashhad is a fast-growing Arab multimedia platform redefining regional media through innovative storytelling across TV and digital channels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 159 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Choueiri Group, our love for media drives everything we do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since NKN Media has established itself as a leading global communications firm, operating across numerous countries including India, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Bahrain…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A global media broadcast, television, film & digital entertainment company” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Iraq 24 is a next-generation Iraqi media network that delivers trusted news and insightful analysis, with a particular focus on sector-specific innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “International Media Investments, established in Abu Dhabi Media Zone Authority, is a privately owned investment company focused on building a portfolio of quality media assets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Alittihad News Paper From the United Arab Emirates A Local news Paper politics,Sports,Economy, Art and Multimedia Abu Dhabi Media is one of the fastest growing, multi-platform…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “حياتك في صحيفة | الإمارات اليوم تصدر عن "دبي للإعلام"” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Independent media company delivering quality content & entertainment through a multi-channeled network of identity-led and story-driven brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1982, “MIS” is one of the oldest and most established Media houses in the Middle East.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We drive brand awareness and amplification through our media outlets, which aggregate, curate, create, and disseminate the latest news and views on Marketing, Sales, Technology…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1991, IAS Media is one of the largest media concessionaires in the MENA region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Telecom Review Group, a media conglomerate specializing in ICT coverage and events, founded its flagship edition, Telecom Review, in 2005.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Iris Media Press Services is the latest and fastest growing provision of press services in the print, media, television companies and institutions in Abu Dhabi and in the UAE…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Todaily is a UAE based Print Media and Media Services provider distributing over 12 Million Newspapers and Magazines annually in the Middle East.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 2002 in France, Maya.media is a global network that takes care of your editorial strategy and relies on a network of 500 journalists and content producers around the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “An Emirati media organization based in Dubai and established by media specialists in: Video Production TV Productions Live Broadcast Newsgathering Animations Events Management…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're journalists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: media organizations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names media organizations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of media organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name media organizations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Media organizations based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Arab Emirates, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Arab Emirates, over 69 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among media organizations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates whose own description of what they do matches “media organizations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names media organizations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among media organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Arab Emirates are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,333 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Media organizations by metro
- Media organizations in Dubai34
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names media organizations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many media organizations are there based in the United Arab Emirates?
RevenueBase identified 69 media organizations headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
ABU Dhabi Media ADM, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most media organizations?
Dubai leads with 34 headquartered companies, followed by Abu Dhabi (9) and Dubai Media City (6).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,333 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 69 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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