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Costa de sol news

Postby brightonion » Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:38 am

Went to my local paper shop to collect my Costa and was told that it had finished, not sure if that meant that particular shop was no longer selling it. Anyone else had problems?

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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby country boy » Mon Apr 23, 2018 12:54 pm

Yes...sorry to say, the CDSN finished last week. There was an editorial "Goodbye" giving the reasons on page 3. Costa Almeria News and some others continue in their areas.

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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby Pamela1 » Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:44 pm

Didnt know it was finishing..Tend to try and read on line due to not being able to buy fulll news print..Why did it finish?

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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby country boy » Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:01 pm

They were taken over by a Spanish sounding company some years ago and they have just now decided to close it, presumably falling sales although the Editor did not give an actual reason. It all sounded a bit sad!

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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby costakid » Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:50 pm

Not online either. Gone forever I’m afraid.

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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby Pamela1 » Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:52 pm

That's a shame and country boys post regarding falling sales was probably right with not enough advertising sales to sustain it..I will miss it!

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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby peteroldracer » Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:55 pm

Costa Blanca News still going...as of last week, anyway!
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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby costakid » Tue Apr 24, 2018 8:45 am

Yes, that one has survived the cull.

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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby brightonion » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:09 am

I will really miss it, it had many interesting articles and its what's on section for inland was excellent

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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby Pamela1 » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:12 am

Well obviously not enough people bought it!...advertising sales must have been well down too due to lack of circulation...Yes it was online and there lies the problem...I know people had to buy the newsprint version to read all the stories in full but the sheer fact that headlines and short story versions was news in itself didnt help the print sales..

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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby Pamela1 » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:20 am

The one news publication ..( if you can call it that) which must be doing ok is the one which is free on all hotel and apartment reception desk tops...Its basic and hardly changes..easy to produce..usual emergency phone numbers etc..editorial is 2hrs work..the advertising is more than enough to pay for it and print costs will be around 47p a full page...A good little earner...

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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby Manchesteral » Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:34 pm

I believe the "Sur in English" is still going, though it's not so interesting since they closed the forum, many years ago.

The forum was never properly regulated and there were some outrageous posts there, some of them leading to death threats (only from keyboard warriors of course)

It was quite funny to witness the insults being traded, unfortunately it spiralled out of control so they quite rightly closed it down !!

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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby peteroldracer » Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:58 pm

I stopped picking up the ‘Sur’ when the blatant prostitution ads became the majority. They should rename it ‘Pimps in English’.
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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby costakid » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:27 pm

They have all gone now. That must have lost them a fortune in advertising. 500 adverts every week no longer.

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Re: Costa de sol news

Postby Manchesteral » Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:08 pm

That's because they're all controlled by the eastern European community in Banus, my mate was there 2 weeks ago and told me it's unbelievably tacky now :-)


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