Antoine Choueiri
Antoine Choueiri was a billionaire Lebanese media executive. He was the founder of Choueiri Group, the Middle East's largest media broker.
Life
Choueiri was born in Beirut in 1939 to a Maronite Christian family from Bsharri. He married Rose Salameh in 1961, who gave birth to two children, Pierre and Lena.Choueiri died on March 9, 2010, of health complications. He is buried in his ancestral home of Bsharri. In his honor one of Bsharri's main streets will be named "Antoine Choueiri" in homage to him and his achievements.
Choueiri was one of the leading lebanese businessmen with Choueiri Group, a leading MEA media broker,
he is also regarded as the "Founding father" and "Godfather" of Lebanese basketball, due to his huge contributions to the sport as a whole, and to Sagesse BC in particular.
Choueiri Group
At the height of its powers, the company that he founded, the Choueiri Group, controlled the flow of advertising for the following enterprises:Television
- Arabic entertainment: Arabia Drama, MBC Masr
- General entertainment: MBC1, Al Watan TV Kuwait, LBCI, Dubai TV, Sama Dubai TV, MBC Masr, MBC Drama
- Indian and Western and sports, youth entertainment: MBC2, MBC4, Dubai One, MBC Action, MBC MAX, MBC Bollywood, Dubai Sports, Dubai Racing Channel
- News channels: Al Arabiya, Al Arabiya Al-Hadath
- Music channels: Melody Hits, Mazzika, Zoom, Wanasah, Melody FM
- Kids' channels: MBC3
- Sports & youth channels: Dubai Sports Channel, Dubai Racing Channel
Outdoor
- Mupis
- LamPosts
- Megacoms
- Unipolses: frontlit or backlit
Newspapers
- UAE: Al Bayan, Emarat Al Youm, Emirates Business 247.com, Al Hayat
- Lebanon: An-Nahar Arabic Daily, L'Orient Le Jour, As-Safir, Al Hayat
- KSA: ''Al Yaum''
Magazines
- Lebanon: Noun, Commerce Du Levant, Santé Beauté, L'orient Junior
- Kuwait: Samra Magazine
- Pan-Arab: Jamalouki, Al Hadath Al Riyadi, Laha Magazine, ''Ara Magazine''
Radio
- Lebanon: Radio One, Mix FM, Light FM, Radio Liban Libre, Melody FM
- Pan-Arab: MBC FM, Panorama FM, Noor Dubai FM, Hala FM, Hi FM
Internet
- Actionha.net
- Alarabiya.net
- Albayan.ae
- Anghami App
- Annahar.com
- Arabia.Eurosport.com
- Cinescape.com
- Daralhayat.com
- Emaratalyoum.com
- Emirates247.com
- Gheir.com
- Hawaaworld.com
- Jamalouki.net
- Kooora.com
- Lahamag.com
- Lorientlejour.com
- MBC.net
- MBC3.net
- Nawa3em.com
- Ounousa.com
- Sabq.org
- Shahid.net