Ecuador Newspaper Blames Closure of Print Edition in Part Due to Government’s Restrictive Communications Law

CPJ.ORG reported…Blaming government harassment and a related advertising slowdown, the daily newspaper Hoy ceased its Quito-based print edition Monday, and said it would transform into an online-only newspaper.

In an editorial published in its final print edition on Sunday, Hoy said that Ecuador’s restrictive Communications Law, which went into effect last year, and the government’s constant attacks on independent media had created “a scenario totally adverse to the development of a plural, free, and independent newspaper.” Read Article

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