Indeed, in their letter to the Government, the Media Owners Association raised the matter citing the essential services the media plays including in the current war of the pandemic. They requested for consideration in the support being given to other critical service providers. Already a number of media houses had earlier this year announced plans for mass sackings, and this situation puts them in a very awkward situation. This with reduced Government activities thus reduced advertisements and poor sales for the print media has seriously destabilized the media sector. The resources will be extended to the media houses to ensure essential services like generating editorial content, facilitating reporters and meeting recurrent expenditures- power, airtime and staff facilitation as a way of ensuring they remain in operation.

Source: The Star April 05, 2020 08:26 UTC