A total of 400 employees on three tabloid newspapers of a Dubai-based media group were caught by surprise on Sunday when they were informed through a memo that the company had stopped functioning as of April 22.The three newspapers are Urdu Express (morning daily), Arabiya (Malayalam afternoon tabloid) and Emirates Evening Post (English afternoon tabloid), which was launched three years ago. The publisher, Press Centre and Art Production, posted a notice saying that the National Media Council in a letter dated February 14 instructed the company to stop printing and publishing its newspapers.
It is believed the three newspapers had no licence.
Read More - 400 employees of shutdown dailies face uncertain future - Gulf News
The Emirates Evening Post was the only evening paper being printed in English in the UAE. Just less than a year back, the newspaper had revamped their logo and come out with a fresh layout and design.
The Emirates Evening Post along with its Urdu and Malayalam sister papers cornered a small yet loyal readership which allowed it to thrive despite stiff competition from larger newspapers like Gulf News, Khaleej Times, 7 days and Emirates Today.
The three options given to the staff - "go on a long leave, resign or take a release" clearly reflects the uncertainty of the future of the newspaper. It's coverage and emphasis lay in UAE centric stories. The paper was also acknowledged for its social and local reporting.
It will be a loss for the newspaper community, among whom the Emirates Evening Post will be fondly remembered as a launch pad for many journalists who today are in the mainline UAE English newspapers. It is never a good day when a newspaper closes down.
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The Emirates Evening Post along with its Urdu and Malayalam sister papers cornered a small yet loyal readership which allowed it to thrive despite stiff competition from larger newspapers like Gulf News, Khaleej Times, 7 days and Emirates Today.
The three options given to the staff - "go on a long leave, resign or take a release" clearly reflects the uncertainty of the future of the newspaper. It's coverage and emphasis lay in UAE centric stories. The paper was also acknowledged for its social and local reporting.
It will be a loss for the newspaper community, among whom the Emirates Evening Post will be fondly remembered as a launch pad for many journalists who today are in the mainline UAE English newspapers. It is never a good day when a newspaper closes down.
Related Articles:
UAE's only evening newspaper closes - Arabian Business.com
400 employees of shutdown dailies face uncertain future - Gulf News
4 comments:
Hi there,
You've got a good blog going, my friend.
I've cited you in my update to the post I had written two days ago about Emirates Evening Post.
Come, have a look :-)
Oops... sorry... didn't give you the link. It's at:
http://farrukh.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/the-sun-sets-on-emirates-evening-post-another-uae-publication-bites-the-dust/
hello
cool site
greetings from herisau
karl
Greetings to you too Karl!
Thanks for the compliment!
Went through your blog too! Can't understand it as I don't read or speak German.
Thanks for dropping by.
Freemind
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