Jambi paper about to close

JAMBI, Jambi: A local daily newspaper may lose its publishing license because of its management's failure to find an interested investor to pump in more money.

The Independent has not published for some time now because of internal disputes and financial difficulties and the Jambi Information Office has given two possible alternatives: revoke the license or turn it into its original form as a weekly paper, the Antara news agency reported.

Independent had been the province's only newspaper, but it only lasted six months because of difficulties in recruiting professional people. Its role as a source of information has been replaced by two weeklies, Warta Massa and Ampera. (emb)