The country’s economic crisis, described by the World Bank as one of the worst in the world since 1850, directly affects the Lebanese press.
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The collapse of the press continues in Lebanon. The oldest English-language daily in the country, The Daily Star, laid off all its staff, employees said, Tuesday, November 2. In February 2020, the Daily Star had already suspended its print edition due to financial difficulties and since October 13, its website was no longer updated.
The benchmark daily had already drastically reduced its staff in recent years and journalists complained of unpaid salaries. Employees of Daily Star were warned that their dismissal was effective from October 31, in a e-mail that AFP was able to consult.
The country’s economic crisis, described by the World Bank as one of the worst in the world since 1850, directly affects the Lebanese press, with mass layoffs and the collapse of journalists’ salaries. Several media have disappeared and those that remain are struggling to survive. This situation accentuated the decline of the press, which had started long before, with the drying up of funding for Arab regimes.