The employees of the newspaper were informed earlier and received the assurance that there will be no layoffs
The daily edition of the historical left-wing newspaper “Avgi” is suspended.
According to information, the executive office of SYRIZA together with the Board of Directors. of the company took this decision on the sidelines of the financial problems he is talking about on the part of Koumoundourou.
The aim is to follow a consolidation model for both the print and radio station “Sto Kokkino”, similar to the model that will be followed in the party.
Earlier, there was a relevant information to the employees, but also an assurance that there will be no layoffs.
What the Board of Directors of Avgi announced
The reasons for the suspension of the daily newspaper are explained in a statement by the Board of Directors of the newspaper “The Dawn”.
As noted, the goal is to upgrade the Sunday edition and the “avgi.gr” website in the context of financial rationalization and given the difficult financial situation of the company.
The announcement in detail
“In the context of the financial rationalization and given the difficult financial situation of the company, the Board of Directors decided, in consultation with the main shareholder, to suspend the publication of the daily sheet of the newspaper “I Avgi” in order to upgrade the Sunday edition and the website “avgi.gr”
“We note that in recent years, due to the prevailing situation in print media, the sales of the daily print edition throughout the country do not exceed an average of 750 sheets per day.
»The board of directors will present its plan for the modernization of the Media and the optimal utilization of the company’s human resources.
»We invite the readers who have always been the strength of the newspaper, to support her even in this difficult moment”.
The announcement of the employees
The workers have called a meeting for the afternoon at the newspaper’s offices. “We have just been informed that by the decision of the Executive Office of the party, the daily newspaper AUGIS is closing from TOMORROW. Therefore, we are calling a meeting today at 7pm at the newspaper offices, in order to organize our collective response. Representatives of our unions will also participate in the meeting”, it is stated in their call for the meeting.
Avgi was first published in August 1952.
Source: Skai
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