THE ECONOMIST: NOT DISTRIBUTING, AGAIN
FIRST WITH THE NEWS: 12.30AM
The Economist has decided not to distribute its magazine in Thailand this week because of coverage of the Thai monarchy.
In an email to subscribers at 10pm on Thursday evening the magazine confirmed: "Due to the sensitive nature of our coverage on the Thai monarchy, we decided not to distribute the April 18th 2009 issue of The Economist in Thailand."
There is no indication of whether Thai distributors were involved in the decision. This is the third edition of the magazine this year to suffer distribution problems this year. Two editions in January were not sent to subscribers or sold in shops because of coverage of the Thai monarchy.
This week's magazine appears to have two Thailand related articles although the "sensitive" article is entitled "The trouble with Thailand's King". It is sure to thrust Thailand's lese majeste laws into the global spotlight once again.
2 comments:
I would love to take out a subscription to The Economist, since it's much cheaper and has the audio podcast and website access. But the continued late and lack of distribution of some issues due to Thai sensitivities always confounds me. I think if The Economist decides not to distribute the magazine because Thailand isn't open to opinions and facts then it should not publish here at all - rather than continue to give subscribers poor service.
HI again Leosia,
I have a 12-issue trial subscription at the moment and I do not intend to renew. The copies are not arriving until Tuesday or Wednesday whereas I can buy them in the shops on a Saturday. The online additions are nice but, for me, don't replace the print version.
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