UAE free tabloid 7DAYS is to shut down by the end of December due to the ‘impossibility’ of operating in a climate of severe print adspend cuts.
Newspaper owners 7DAYS Media announced that the entire news brand will close down including the website, with the last issue being printed on December 22.
Campaign understands that all staff working under the news brand have been laid off. According to 7Days’ website there are currently 47 members of staff working for the platform. However, reports suggest there could be as many as 120 job losses.
The announcement comes less than a month after 7Days announced it would cut its daily print run to weekly with the aim of refocusing o
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