The Minister of Culture and Information Iyad bin Amin Madani patronized here on Wednesday a symposium on media studies in the Kingdom titled "Present Challenges and Future Aspirations" organized by Okaz Establishment for Journalism and Publication. A speech ceremony was held on this occasion. Addressing the symposium, the Minister of Culture and Information welcomed participants in the symposium, pointing to a new organization carried out by the Ministry in coordination with the Arab League to organize the work of broadcastings and to promote the professional level of the Arab media. He added that the Ministry of Culture and Information has licensed approximately 1800 advertising agencies in the Kingdom and it is in the process of classifying them in the near future in addition to more than 2000 periodicals which have been published in the Kingdom under the supervision of the ministry. --More