French Polynesia has been left with just one daily newspaper after a rescue plan for La Depeche de Tahiti failed and the court of appeal ordered its liquidation.
The only daily print publication left is Tahiti-Infos.
La Depeche, which was established in 1964, lost its printing shop in 2018 when it was liquidated following prolonged financial difficulties.
A rescue plan was put in place after it went into receivership in 2018, but the publisher couldn't meet its terms.
La Depeche has been the only local daily newspaper for sale since 2014 when the territory's oldest newspaper Nouvelles de Tahiti ceased publication after 57 years. Photo: Tahiti Infos
The company, which is owned by businessman Dominique Auroy, is said to have been $US1 million behind in its 10-year schedule to settle its commitments.
In 2014, Les Nouvelles de Tahiti was shut down after 57 years of publication.
Both Les Nouvelles and La Depeche used to belong to the French Hersant group, which almost ten years ago also sold off its daily newspaper Les Nouvelles Caledoniennes in Noumea.