News: Ringier Print acquires Specter
Ringier Print Zofingen has taken over the Zurich-based prepress company Specter and is integrating it into the Ringier PreMedia division. However, the name will remain the same.
Ringier Print Zofingen has taken over the Zurich-based prepress company Specter and is integrating it into the Ringier PreMedia division. The name will remain the same.NewsRingier Print takes over Specter
Dieter Graf takes over as team leader, Marcel Bosshard remains responsible for production. Specter concentrates on media data preparation for advertising campaigns.
Tele 24 launches SMS contact showThe private broadcaster Tele 24 is launching the entertainment show "SMS - Ich liebe dich" (SMS - I love you) together with Swisscom Mobile and Nokia. The show, which is aimed at young people, will feature two male and two female singles who can be asked by viewers via SMS or even invited on a date. The results of these contacts are presented in the subsequent shows. "SMS - Ich liebe dich" will be broadcast for the first time on Thursday, February 1, at 6.30 pm.
Last subsidies for Toaster The youth magazine Toaster receives one last subsidy from the city of Zurich from the budget for socio-culture. The city council agreed to a compromise proposal - against the votes of the SVP - and approved CHF 250000 for 2001. The city council originally wanted to raise a total of CHF 8,200,000 over three years, which was rejected by the conservative side. The Toaster sees this subsidy as a start-up aid for private financing, which is to be managed with a program to increase efficiency and new cooperation partners. The plan is to add the youth magazine to other newspapers in addition to the Berner Zeitung. For Yellowworld, the Toaster provides six texts a day about the youth scene.
Bertelsmann acquires trade mediaAt the beginning of the year, BertelsmannSpringer took over Inufa Transportrundschau (ITR) and the Inufa catalog. The two publications were previously published by Vogt-Schild/Habegger. ITR was founded 20 years ago as an independent trade journal for commercial vehicles, road transport and logistics and has a monthly print run of over 7,000 copies. Verkehrsrundschau Schweiz, which BertelsmannSpringer launched a year ago, is to be editorially integrated into ITR. The annual Inufa catalog contains the technical data of all commercial vehicle models. It is published in a print run of 3000 copies.
More media ombudsmen neededThe Swiss press should set up more ombudsman offices. This was the conclusion reached by representatives of the Press Council and ombudsmen from print and electronic media at a discussion in Bern. Ombudsmen would make the media more credible. Switzerland plays a pioneering role in the establishment of media ombudsman offices in Europe: apart from the USA, no other country has already created so many offices. However, such offices are still lacking in important media houses and for many regions of the country (such as the Jura region, Valais, Espace Mittelland, north-western Switzerland, Aargau, Thurgau, Schaffhausen, south-eastern Switzerland).
Blick online in a new designSince Tuesday, the Blick website has had a new look. It now follows the standard design with a navigation column on the left, a wide text column with a white background in the middle and further links on the right. There have also been some changes to the content. News is now posted and updated around the clock. The erotic section has been expanded and will also feature an online guy for the well-known girl in the spring (see also page 17).
Bilanz acquires stake in InnonetWM Wirtschafts-Medien AG, publisher of the business magazine Bilanz, acquires a stake in Lucerne-based Innonet AG. This company operates an entrepreneur portal for e-business. The investment is intended to deepen the existing cooperation between Innonet and Bilanz. At the same time, the move serves to further expand WM into a multimedia business platform.
Dieter Graf takes over as team leader, Marcel Bosshard remains responsible for production. Specter concentrates on media data preparation for advertising campaigns.
Tele 24 launches SMS contact showThe private broadcaster Tele 24 is launching the entertainment show "SMS - Ich liebe dich" (SMS - I love you) together with Swisscom Mobile and Nokia. The show, which is aimed at young people, will feature two male and two female singles who can be asked by viewers via SMS or even invited on a date. The results of these contacts are presented in the subsequent shows. "SMS - Ich liebe dich" will be broadcast for the first time on Thursday, February 1, at 6.30 pm.
Last subsidies for Toaster The youth magazine Toaster receives one last subsidy from the city of Zurich from the budget for socio-culture. The city council agreed to a compromise proposal - against the votes of the SVP - and approved CHF 250000 for 2001. The city council originally wanted to raise a total of CHF 8,200,000 over three years, which was rejected by the conservative side. The Toaster sees this subsidy as a start-up aid for private financing, which is to be managed with a program to increase efficiency and new cooperation partners. The plan is to add the youth magazine to other newspapers in addition to the Berner Zeitung. For Yellowworld, the Toaster provides six texts a day about the youth scene.
Bertelsmann acquires trade mediaAt the beginning of the year, BertelsmannSpringer took over Inufa Transportrundschau (ITR) and the Inufa catalog. The two publications were previously published by Vogt-Schild/Habegger. ITR was founded 20 years ago as an independent trade journal for commercial vehicles, road transport and logistics and has a monthly print run of over 7,000 copies. Verkehrsrundschau Schweiz, which BertelsmannSpringer launched a year ago, is to be editorially integrated into ITR. The annual Inufa catalog contains the technical data of all commercial vehicle models. It is published in a print run of 3000 copies.
More media ombudsmen neededThe Swiss press should set up more ombudsman offices. This was the conclusion reached by representatives of the Press Council and ombudsmen from print and electronic media at a discussion in Bern. Ombudsmen would make the media more credible. Switzerland plays a pioneering role in the establishment of media ombudsman offices in Europe: apart from the USA, no other country has already created so many offices. However, such offices are still lacking in important media houses and for many regions of the country (such as the Jura region, Valais, Espace Mittelland, north-western Switzerland, Aargau, Thurgau, Schaffhausen, south-eastern Switzerland).
Blick online in a new designSince Tuesday, the Blick website has had a new look. It now follows the standard design with a navigation column on the left, a wide text column with a white background in the middle and further links on the right. There have also been some changes to the content. News is now posted and updated around the clock. The erotic section has been expanded and will also feature an online guy for the well-known girl in the spring (see also page 17).
Bilanz acquires stake in InnonetWM Wirtschafts-Medien AG, publisher of the business magazine Bilanz, acquires a stake in Lucerne-based Innonet AG. This company operates an entrepreneur portal for e-business. The investment is intended to deepen the existing cooperation between Innonet and Bilanz. At the same time, the move serves to further expand WM into a multimedia business platform.
