Al-Diyar newspaper faces closure

It is not the first time that the editor of the “Al-Diyar” newspaper, Charles Ayoub, has requested financial assistance. But it’s the first time he’s written an ad about his newspaper’s donors, asking readers to donate money. Yesterday was the surprise on the cover of the newspaper. Another type of advertisement published by “Al-Diyar” under the title “On the way to Al-Diyar … Al-Diyar is about to stop the broadcast for those who wish to donate to Al-Diyar to continue.” Then, at the end of the announcement, he reviewed the banks receiving financial support. Therefore, newspaper readers were surprised by the ad, as were the employees who were the last to know. A source from “Al-Akhbar” indicates that “Al-Diyar”, established 33 years ago, is exposed to difficult financial crises related to waste, corruption and debt at the printing press and workers. The employees had not received their pensions for more than four months. The source points out that Ayoub opened the door for donations to the newspaper today after he closed all his ways of obtaining money, either through advertisements or the support of some banks that he previously tried to defend and then attacked her after her actions were empty. Add to this the lack of financial political support for the newspaper. The source confirms that the crisis has been exacerbated and that the newspaper can stop overnight and the victims and dozens of employees and workers go home, especially that Ayoub began in the recent period to repeat that the problem of closing the newspaper is serious and imminent. But the staff is fond of this problem, because Job did not tell them anything, but acted on his own. They were even surprised by the announcement, which was published on the first page. Employees are afraid of losing their rights if the newspaper stops due to the financial crisis. It should be noted that in recent years, several Lebanese newspapers have been closed for various reasons, including financial and family crises, such as “Al-Safir” and “Al-Anwar”, in addition to the offices of the Saudi newspaper, Al-Hayat.