Deal
Diwan Capital Desk
2026-04-22 · 4 min
Karen Wazen signs a multi-year ambassadorship with a regional heritage bank.
Structured as a profit-share catalogue licence — the largest disclosed creator-finance deal of the year in the regional market.
§08 · The News Desk
Curated influencer news,
for the people who price the deals.
Deals, moves, launches, and the occasional column — only what matters for brand teams and creator managers operating across the metropolitan capitals.
Latest dispatchesIssue · Q2 2026
Launch
2026-04-18 · 6 min
A regional podcast house opens 2027 tentpole windows with a documentary special.
Six-part audio series, brand-underwritten, with sales windows opening to regional CMOs only through the Majlis Dashboard.
Diwan Editorial
Move
2026-04-15 · 3 min
Reem Abdullah signs a CTV-first inventory deal with Shahid VIP.
Behind-the-cut series moves to a guaranteed minimum model. Creator economics shift from CPM to licensing.
Diwan News Desk
Deal
2026-04-12 · 5 min
Tamtam licences a 12-month TikTok-sound territory to a regional retailer.
Sound IP rather than per-spot synch. The model the next decade of metropolitan music will be built on.
Diwan Capital Desk
Column
2026-04-10 · 12 min
Dirty Harry · The agencies still translating instead of transcreating.
A name-and-shame critique of three Q1 campaigns that lost market share by translating global hero spots.
The Column
Launch
2026-04-04 · 4 min
Huda Kattan opens a Riyadh skincare lab — Wishful local production live.
A founder-POV reel cycle anchors the launch. Same-day fulfilment from Riyadh and Sharjah for the first 30 days.
Diwan News Desk
Brief
2026-04-01 · 2 min
Majlis Dashboard · Q2 ambassadorship pipeline opens to brands.
A high-prestige negotiation portal for long-horizon creator deals — capped to 40 brands per quarter, by invitation.
Diwan Marketplace
Launch
2026-03-28 · 5 min
ABTalks Season 09 opens with the most-completed regional podcast episode of 2026.
Anas Bukhash returns with a 90-minute conversation; completion clears 78% in the opening 72 hours.
Diwan Editorial