$1billion face of Dubai's new media

He's known as the Asian Perez Hilton and has just been named one of the most powerful men in the new media by the United Kingdom's Independent. Now Sheeraz Hasan, founder and CEO of America's Hollywood.tv paparazzi website, is ready to repeat his stateside success in the Emirates with a new online venture, Dubai.tv. "It's certainly an exciting time for us," the British-born entrepreneur told Emirates Business. "We're aiming to make Dubai.tv one of the most accessed UAE websites, and it looks very promising." Within a year, Hollywood.tv has become one of the top five celebrity gossip websites by running videos of celebrities out and about in Tinseltown. If a news network or other TV programme show the likes of Britney Spears dining at a restaurant or Lindsay Lohan shopping with Samantha Ronson, the chances are the clips were... [read full story]