Bloomberg launches Arabic version of Quicktake through partnership

Asharq Quicktake, the Arabic edition of the Quicktake streaming news platform, has launched in the region through the expansion of an agreement between SRMG and Bloomberg Media.

The Asharq Quicktake platform will cover prominent international news, with a focus on business supported by Bloomberg’s business news.

The new platform, which targets youth and Arabic-speaking audiences across the Middle East and beyond, provides new offerings including original documentaries, news programs, data visualization and live coverage of global events in addition to translated original content from Bloomberg Quicktake.

“This launch demonstrates the strong appetite the region’s business communities have for high quality business and financial news and analysis,” said Scott Havens, CEO of Bloomberg Media, in a statement. “We believe the Arabic-speaking audience will value Asharq Quicktake’s global insights.”

Asharq Quicktake is an extension of the agreement between SRMG and Bloomberg Media, which included the launch of Asharq Business with Bloomberg, a platform providing curated news and analysis on the economy, markets, and companies in the Middle East for Arabic speaking audiences. SRMG is a global media group from the Middle East.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.