Journalists at the newspaper, which is known for its investigative journalism, learned their jobs were gone through an email on Nov.1, the same day the news was posted on the web edition of Gazeta Sporturilor.
“A man from Ringier, Predrag Mihailovic and two lawyers came to the warehouse in Crângași [Bucharest, Romania]. We at the newspaper were shocked and didn’t even understand what was going on,” said one of the Gazeta Sporturilor employees.
The closure, which the company claimed was due to financial losses, comes in the wake of concerns raised by journalists regarding attempted interference in the newspaper’s editorial…
