During this period, the writer became a shareholder in the Riyadh newspaper; however, the decline in the popularity of all the print made him think of stopping daily writing and focusing only on writing books. In early 2019, the newspaper decided to use piece-rate pay system with the writers instead of giving them a monthly salary, which the writer refused. When the negotiations reached an impasse, the column stopped appearing in the Riyadh Newspaper – and the last article appeared on Tuesday, 5 March 2019.