Public Agenda: Private newspapers in Africa hit by advertising slump
August 18th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Job losses, Jobs, Newspapers
Newspapers across the world are in trouble, and private newspapers in Africa have been hit particularly hard, writes Amos Safo for Public Agenda. Using Ghana as an example, he reports that many newspapers are being suffocated out of the market:
“[T]hanks firstly, to the increasing price of newsprint and associated costs. Secondly many newspapers are being denied adverts not only by private companies, but state institutions. As you read this article, The Statesman has folded up temporarily to regroup. Other newspapers, including Public Agenda are heavily indebted to their printers to the extent that some have not paid their reporters for three months.”
Tags: advertising slump, africa, allAfrica.com, amos safo, Ghana, Newspapers, public agenda, the statesman
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