Dubai-based weekly tabloid newspaper Xpress, which is published by Gulf News, will cease print publication, with its final edition hitting newsstands on August 30.
Abdul Hamid Ahmad, editor in chief of Gulf News, blamed market conditions for Xpress’s closure, saying “we felt that we could not continue doing real journalism without revenue”.
The title, which was launched in 2007 and specialised in local news coverage and investigative journalism, will continue to exist online, and Ahmad said there will be no staff layoffs.
Gulf News editor in chief Abdul Hamid Ahmad’s statement in full
“It is very painful to announce to our readers that we have taken the decision t
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