“The utopian postmodern desert city being built to be powered solely by renewable energy and envisioned to be a linear city connected by a high-speed train, with no cars, no roads, no pollution and also to be the new frontier in terms of digital lifestyle, will have “a semi-autonomous jurisdiction in the kingdom.” 

Wayne Borg, who heads the nascent NEOM media hub, commenting on efforts to make NEOM attractive not just to film and TV shoots but also to media and entertainment companies looking for a regional base. [Variety]