Sri Lanka’s newspapers are persevering with to print regardless of large financial constraints. The scarcity of {dollars} has affected media homes too, particularly organizations which are into the print enterprise as newsprint, which is imported, is brief in provide.
Some newspapers have additionally reduce down on the variety of editions and pages. One even suspended publication on Saturday with a view to proceed printing its Sunday version. Sunday newspapers have at all times been an enormous draw as they comprise quite a lot of information — from fly on the wall reviews of Cabinet conferences, biting political commentary, inside monitor tit bits, sports activities, way of life and vogue.
Sri Lanka’s newspapers are persevering with to print regardless of large financial constraints.
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“We are selling like hot cakes,” mentioned Sinha Ratnatunga, editor of the weekly Sunday Times of the Wijeya Newspapers Ltd, which additionally prints the Daily Mirror and lankdeepa in Sinhala language.
Sinha Ratnatunga, Editor, Sunday Times of the Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. (Express/Nirupama Subramanian)
All all through the world, information consumption spikes throughout occasions of upheaval, turmoil, and catastrophe, and Sri Lanka is not any totally different. As such, media homes are attempting to maintain the information flowing, additionally preserving tempo with social media.
Social media is the favored medium of recent technology that’s powering the protests towards the Rajapaksa ruling clan, however newspapers are in demand as effectively, mentioned Anthony Davis, information editor of the Sunday Times.
Media organizations are hoping that the $1 billion Indian line of credit score for important commodities will lengthen to newsprint too, mentioned Ratnatunga.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
