03-25-2021, 06:06 PM
Sources: Oriental Daily set to cease printing and go fully digital, retrench staff by next month
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — After over 18 years of publication, local Chinese-language newspaper Oriental Daily is set to make a permanent transition to the online space and print its last edition on April 16, sources have confirmed today.
It was also learned that a retrenchment exercise involving at least 60 staff is expected to take place at the news outlet, which plans to transition towards being a fully online news site.
“April 16 is the last day of print. [It] will go fully digital after that.
“Around 60 staff are also expected to be retrenched,” said one source without elaborating which departments are set to suffer the worst.
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