Diena puts its Russian edition to bed for good

  • 1999-12-02
  • By J. Michael Lyons
RIGA – Latvia's leading national newspaper Diena is dumping its smaller daily Russian-language edition, leaving readers and social critics to determine whether the move is a benchmark of integration or just the economics of journalism.After eight years as a break-even stepsister to Diena's Latvian-language edition, Novy Dyen is scheduled to publish its last edition Dec. 13.Some reprinted articles from Diena and Novy Dyen's weekly Parliament report will appear in the Russian-language daily Chas, one of a half-dozen Russian-language newspapers that competes with the 8,000-reader Novy Dyen.D...
 
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