On December 15, 2011, the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) management informed Mireille Akiki (presenter), Myrna Hachem Seif (reporter), Nadine Kfoury (reporter), Ziad Moukarzel (director), Imad Rajji (director) and Farah Hani (phone receptionist) of the termination of their employment at the end of the year. In an interview with the Skeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom, Rajji said that the station’s financial difficulties were cited as the reasons for their dismissal. He added that the issue of financial compensations has not yet been settled, fearing further dismissals of employees in the near future.