Strikes by public transport workers in France meant two free dailies, MatinPlus and Direct Soir, were not published last Thursday and Friday, Newspaper Innovation reported Wednesday.

Both free dailies are published by Vincent Bolloré.

French transport workers and civil servants unions have announced they will strike again later this month, which mean more bumps ahead in the road for free dailies.

20 Minutes and Metro did publish on the days the strike took place, “suggesting that the urgency to put a newspaper out and serve loyal readers is higher at the more established titles than at Bolloré's ventures,” which began in 2006 and 2007, according to Newspaper Innovation.