Business Today Egypt

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Business Today Monthly
Categories Business magazine
Frequency Monthly
Circulation 12,000 (2013)
Publisher IBA Media
Year founded 2004 (2004)
Company IBA Media
Country Egypt
Language English
Website Business Today Egypt

Business Today Egypt (also known as BT) is an English business magazine which is published monthly in Cairo, Egypt. It is the only independent business magazine in the country. The magazine models Fortune and Business Week magazines.[1]

History

BT was launched in 2004.[2] It is being published by IBA Media which also publishes Egypt Today magazine.[1][3] The magazine in based in Cairo.[3]

Content and circulation

BT provides political, economical and business news.[4] It publishes annual BT 100 rankings of companies.[4] Each month BT offers special supplements, for instance, in January digital boom, in April real estate and in October technology.[4]

The 2013 circulation of the magazine is about 12,000 copies.[5]

Incidents

In October 2013 deputy managing editor Campbell MacDiarmid was arrested while covering the Islamist protests in Egypt.[6] He was released after being detained for several hours, and said police told him to delete photographs he had taken of the protests.[7]

See also

List of magazines in Egypt

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Business Today Magazine". IBA Media. Retrieved 29 September 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Counterfeits in Egypt". NAL. May 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Business Today Egypt". Prevention Web. Retrieved 29 September 2013. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Business Today Egypt". Market Compass. Retrieved 29 September 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Egypt Today". ePress. Retrieved 29 September 2013. 
  6. ↑ NZ journalist arrested in Egypt released 3 News NZ. 7 October 2013.
  7. ↑ Kiwi journo staying put in Cairo. 3 News NZ. 8 October 2013.
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