World Newspaper Congress Canceled Because Host Newspaper Ran Out of Money
The World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA), a Franco-German organization comprising 18,000 publications in more than 120 countries, today called off its World Newspaper Congress in Beirut, Lebanon, because the newspaper scheduled to host the event failed to “meet its financial commitments.”
The event was supposed to take place from June 7-10. Says WAN-IFRA, in a somewhat testy press release:
The local host, the An-Nahar newspaper, has just informed WAN-IFRA that it was unable to provide the agreed funds to meet their obligations, in the aftermath of the 2009 financial, economic and political crisis in the region.
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