Tuesday, 19 August 2008

Six-month-old Cambodian newspaper shuts down

The Standard
08-18 19:20

The Mekong Times, one of Cambodia's three daily English-language newspapers, will stop publishing after just six months of operation because of financial troubles, its editor said.

The Mekong Times, which also published in the Cambodian language, hit the stands in February, entering the nation's burgeoning media market.

''We have decided to stop publishing because of a budget crisis,'' Neth Pheaktra, editor-in-chief of the daily, said.

The announcement comes 10 days after The Phnom Penh Post, one of the kingdom's leading papers, launched its first daily edition.

Cambodia now has two English-language dailies, one English weekly, a number of glossy magazines and a large and lively Cambodian-language press.

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

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