‘Online Media Has Taken Over Our Business’- Newspaper Vendors Lament

Newspaper vendors within Ogba environs have decried low patronage of the newspaper business.

Stating reasons for this development, some of the newspapers vendors informed that the intervention of the online medium had been the reason for the slow pace of their business. 

The online medium, has evolved around publishing of news events before the publication of the newspapers, which comes out the following day. 

According to a vendor, Basil, he said ‘the newspaper business is no more booming due to the intervention of the online medium, and this has been killing the business as sales were not coming again as expected’

Adding that, the government makes available more resources into every business in order to expand its growth and to boost the economy. 

Another vendor, identified as Emeka, said that the business is no more lucrative, and it is a poor man business, and this is a result of the online medium, which is not making the business worthwhile again.

“The online medium is gradually killing our business, in the sense that everyone no longer buy newspaper again, because news had been flowing around even a day before the publication of the newspaper and then what do they need the newspaper for again” he queried 

However, an unidentified vendor, refused to speak with our reporters, on the ground of paying him some money in order to give us some information.

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