2024-09-29 22:06:23
In Ivory Coast, newspaper sales fell by more than 36% between June 2022 and June 2023, according to the National Press Authority (ANP). Only two newspapers a day, Brother Morning etc A New Awakeningwas able to sell an average of more than a thousand copies per day during the first quarter of 2024. If nothing is done, the printing press is at risk of dying a beautiful death », recently warned the National Conference of Press Directors.
From our correspondent in Abidjan,
In the chic Riviera Golf area, Samba Sy operates a newsstand. This morning, as usual, the customers did not rush. Of the 200 journals that Samba receives daily, at least 140 are returned to the server. Activity is slowing down. ” The main problem is the lack of readers because sales have really fallenhe noted. Now, we don’t sell 30% of the newspapers we receive. There was also a delay in the delivery of newspapers, so that people could not buy them ».
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70% of newspapers are not sold
Publishing companies are feeling the loss of a huge decline in sales. Most of them struggle to meet their expenses. Ivorian noise, for example, is one of fifteen daily newspapers that sell less than 500 copies per day during the first quarter of 2024. I have no help, either from the City, or from anyone, deplres its general director, Sidi Terra. I injected 7 million [de francs CFA] per month to be able to print even 3,000 copies per month. And the issue of paying journalists at the conference. No media company can pay journalists at the conference since today we are in a very deep coma! »
Increase of more than 30% in magazine printing costs, printers’ demand for payment of money and tax liabilities is emphasized problems faced by publishing organizations. To get out of this coma, we need more support from Côte d’Ivoire, believes Guillaume Gbato, boss of the daily There is a way. « First, cancellation of all tax debts, all social debts. In addition, the subsidies given to the press must be restored and journalists must benefit from direct support from the state. ».
Audience requested from President Ouattara
In recent years, eight newspapers have ceased publication, according to the regulator, ANP. The National Conference of Press Directors of Côte d’Ivoire (CNDPCI) requested an audience with the President of the Republic Alassane Ouattara to explain the situation to him so that we can find a solution.
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