News: Commuter newspapers with new bosses
Metropol Editor-in-Chief (CR) Ueli Haldimann unexpectedly resigned from his post on January 8.
Metropol Editor-in-Chief (CR) Ueli Haldimann unexpectedly resigned from his post on January 8.NewsCommuter newspapers with new bosses
He had only resigned in mid-December because he was moving to SF DRS as head of "Rundschau". The editorial team will be headed by Christian Maurer on an interim basis. At 20 Minuten, on the other hand, a new CR was elected following the death of Urs Weber: Danni Härry, currently deputy CR of the Berner Zeitung. He will take up his post by the end of March at the latest and will also become a member of the management of 20 Minuten (Switzerland). Because of Härry's election, on the other hand, Hanspeter Eggenberger, who heads 20 Minuten on an interim basis, resigned.
WEMF pacifies ZE and 20 Minuten The two free newspapers Zürich Express (ZE) and 20 Minuten want to get along again. In February 2000, a dispute had arisen over readership figures. 20 Minuten had published a ranking list of Zurich newspapers on which competitor ZE was not listed. ZE now announced that both papers considered "their difference settled" now that binding Wemf figures were available.
Capital injection for Metro InternationalMetro International S.A., publisher of the commuter newspaper Metropol, receives new funding. In a private placement, Metro is selling shares for around 110 million Swiss francs to a group of institutional investors from the USA and Europe, but none from Switzerland. This is to finance further expansion.
Anzeiger Region Bern is launchedOn January 4, the Anzeiger Region Bern, the new publication organ of the city of Bern and some surrounding municipalities, appeared for the first time. It replaces the previous free newspapers Stadtanzeiger and Anzeiger rund um Bern. The paper is published by Bund Verlag, has a total circulation of around 141000 copies and is produced in two editions. The one for the city is published four times a week, the one for the Bern region twice a week.
TV 3 goes to Federal Court TV 3 is taking a decision by the Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (Uvek) to the Federal Court. According to the Uvek, TV 3's short news programs do not fulfill the terms of the license. TV 3 is obliged to broadcast a full program with a focus on information and entertainment. The station is thus required to broadcast news between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and to use the largest staff budget in the information sector for this purpose. TV 3 sees this as a restriction on its programming freedom and complains that the concept of information has subsequently been reduced to political information. The short news bulletins were more successful than the earlier detailed news bulletins and also contained - in a condensed form - the same number of reports.
Berner Zeitung in third placeThe Berner Zeitung (BZ) has been the third largest Swiss daily newspaper since January 3. Thanks to the cooperation with Berner Oberland Medien AG (BOM), BZ now has a print run of 175,000 copies, an increase of
28 percent. As of today, the Thuner Tagblatt and the Berner Oberländer, including the Oberländisches Volksblatt, will be published with the layout, jacket and inserts of the BZ. Front page and local sections are produced autonomously.
faz markets NZZ in Germany
Leadermedia Deutschland GmbH, a member of the FAZ Group, took over representation of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) in the German advertising market on January 1, 2001. The cooperation between NZZ and FAZ has already proved successful in England and France, it was announced. Malte Rubarth, Managing Director of NZZ (Deutschland) GmbH, is retiring.
NZZ in Germany with DIZThe New Media division of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) provides all articles for an electronic press database to the Documentation and Information Center Munich GmbH (DIZ). DIZ is a subsidiary of Bayrischer Rundfunk and Süddeutscher Verlag.
He had only resigned in mid-December because he was moving to SF DRS as head of "Rundschau". The editorial team will be headed by Christian Maurer on an interim basis. At 20 Minuten, on the other hand, a new CR was elected following the death of Urs Weber: Danni Härry, currently deputy CR of the Berner Zeitung. He will take up his post by the end of March at the latest and will also become a member of the management of 20 Minuten (Switzerland). Because of Härry's election, on the other hand, Hanspeter Eggenberger, who heads 20 Minuten on an interim basis, resigned.
WEMF pacifies ZE and 20 Minuten The two free newspapers Zürich Express (ZE) and 20 Minuten want to get along again. In February 2000, a dispute had arisen over readership figures. 20 Minuten had published a ranking list of Zurich newspapers on which competitor ZE was not listed. ZE now announced that both papers considered "their difference settled" now that binding Wemf figures were available.
Capital injection for Metro InternationalMetro International S.A., publisher of the commuter newspaper Metropol, receives new funding. In a private placement, Metro is selling shares for around 110 million Swiss francs to a group of institutional investors from the USA and Europe, but none from Switzerland. This is to finance further expansion.
Anzeiger Region Bern is launchedOn January 4, the Anzeiger Region Bern, the new publication organ of the city of Bern and some surrounding municipalities, appeared for the first time. It replaces the previous free newspapers Stadtanzeiger and Anzeiger rund um Bern. The paper is published by Bund Verlag, has a total circulation of around 141000 copies and is produced in two editions. The one for the city is published four times a week, the one for the Bern region twice a week.
TV 3 goes to Federal Court TV 3 is taking a decision by the Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (Uvek) to the Federal Court. According to the Uvek, TV 3's short news programs do not fulfill the terms of the license. TV 3 is obliged to broadcast a full program with a focus on information and entertainment. The station is thus required to broadcast news between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and to use the largest staff budget in the information sector for this purpose. TV 3 sees this as a restriction on its programming freedom and complains that the concept of information has subsequently been reduced to political information. The short news bulletins were more successful than the earlier detailed news bulletins and also contained - in a condensed form - the same number of reports.
Berner Zeitung in third placeThe Berner Zeitung (BZ) has been the third largest Swiss daily newspaper since January 3. Thanks to the cooperation with Berner Oberland Medien AG (BOM), BZ now has a print run of 175,000 copies, an increase of
28 percent. As of today, the Thuner Tagblatt and the Berner Oberländer, including the Oberländisches Volksblatt, will be published with the layout, jacket and inserts of the BZ. Front page and local sections are produced autonomously.
faz markets NZZ in Germany
Leadermedia Deutschland GmbH, a member of the FAZ Group, took over representation of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) in the German advertising market on January 1, 2001. The cooperation between NZZ and FAZ has already proved successful in England and France, it was announced. Malte Rubarth, Managing Director of NZZ (Deutschland) GmbH, is retiring.
NZZ in Germany with DIZThe New Media division of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) provides all articles for an electronic press database to the Documentation and Information Center Munich GmbH (DIZ). DIZ is a subsidiary of Bayrischer Rundfunk and Süddeutscher Verlag.
