Opinion by the Communist Party of Reunion
After the liquidation of the “JIR”, what lessons can be learned for the future of the written media in La Reunion Island?
On July 31, 2024, the Saint-Denis Commercial Court issued a decision to liquidate the “Journal de l’Île de La Réunion” — a daily newspaper that had been published since 1951. It is the second La Réunion newspaper to “physically” disappear from newsstands after “Témoignages,” created in 1944 and whose paper version ceased to be printed in 2013. And there is no doubt that “le Quotidien” will soon follow, given the difficulties encountered recently. The court had anticipated this situation when (…)