JEDDAH — The board of directors of Okaz Organization for Press and Publications met on Tuesday under its chairman Abdullah Saleh Kamel and discussed the report of the 1st quarter of the fiscal year 2019. The board followed up the indicators of the advertising market and their impact on print media. It also discussed the performance and expenditure of the organization during the period ending on March 31, 2019 and approved a number of measures to rationalize and reduce expenditure both at the administrative and editorial levels during the next phase according to its requirements. The board discussed the developments in the press activities in general and what should be done to face the changes in the press market with a view to preserving the gains and upgrading the performance. It reiterated the importance of diffusing qualified cadres into various sectors of the organization in addition to the steps that should be taken to increase interaction of the readers and advertisers with the organization's digital sites and its social media platforms. The board also tackled what should be done to increase the revenues of the organization. It delved on the organization's financial commitments toward others and its arrears with the government and commercial bodies and what should be done to expedite their collection. The meeting was attended by board members including Walid Bin Mahfouz, Dr. Tariq Fadqa, Dr. Ahmed Al-Youssef, Hussain Shobokshi, Dr. Walid Arab Hashim, Dr. Mussalam Bin Mussalam and Dr. Amin Saatti, in addition to Ahmed Al-Battah, director general and Jameel Altheyabi, editor-in-chief of Okaz newspaper.
