{"id":18723,"date":"2018-08-14T12:26:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=18723"},"modified":"2018-08-14T12:29:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:29:08","slug":"the-daily-observer-goes-out-of-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/the-daily-observer-goes-out-of-print\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Observer goes out of print"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Daily Observer Newspaper will print its final copy tomorrow, the company has announced.<\/p>

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It comes less than two months after it cut the publication days from six to three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company says it is going electronic and will continue to produce a “free paper” exclusively online.<\/p>

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The cash-strapped entity said in a public announcement today that it fast-tracked<\/g> the e-paper because of an eviction notice it recently received.<\/p>

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Liquidators told management to move out of the former R. Allen Stanford building by the end of October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shutting down of its print brings an end to the newspaper business in Antigua as we know it.<\/p>

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The Daily Observer began by fax and emerged to be the only daily in the Eastern Caribbean at one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been controversial based on its friendly reporting on the main opposition United Progressive Party and its aggression to the ruling Antigua Barbuda Labour Party.<\/p>

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