One thing was clear: There will be Disappointed. If the Newspapers of three regions (Eastern Switzerland, Central Switzerland, in the middle of the country) in the future supplied to the region as part of a single editorial, hopes each Region, that the contract meets them.
The future editorial staff for domestic, foreign, economy, and culture in Aarau, CH Media this week. The joint venture of AZ media (“Aargauer Zeitung”) and NZZ had received in August the permission of the competition Commission, in October it has started operation. Now the national editorial office is in the building, mid-2019, you start.
The Aargau plays in the new company a dominant role. Publisher of CH Media, the Swiss artist Peter Wanner, managing Director is Axel Wüstmann was previously CEO of AZ media . And also Patrik Müller, chief of the coat of the editorial, comes from the Aargau.
Central Swiss Know-how required
Now the Lucerne cantonal government fears that the Canton of Lucerne. As the government explained this week, she wrote of these days the company CH Media a letter, before she had expressed her fears in an interview with publisher Peter Wanner.
The government regret the decision, the national ministries of the CH Media-Newspapers in Aarau together, it is said in the media release. You fear a weakening of the media of square of Lucerne. For the coat of the editorial there is a need for “Central Swiss Know-how”, specifically: – Qualified journalists from Lucerne is to be offered on the new editorial site in an acceptable professional perspective. Further, the government urges that it is not at the expense of regional coverage is saved. On the contrary, the hope of the Joint Venture, the regional reporting could develop even more.
CH Media currently employs 2200 employees in the next two years, but 200 full-time posts are to be deleted. This was announced by the company in the autumn. It wants to save 10 per cent of the costs (45 million Swiss francs).
That the interests of the Canton of Lucerne would find in the Aarau editorial less space, it is clear, says the Lucerne CVP-city MP Albert black brook. “Where journalists work, do you also have coffee breaks, you need to maintain your relationship network. The effect on the reporting.” In Lucerne, including in his party, the CVP, Mr the fear is that the points of view of the Canton would be less to the train. “Especially in the case of the Federal Council elections, if anyone from the Canton would be a candidate Lucerne, could the manifest. I also fear that we will be informed in Lucerne less about the Work of our Federal parliamentarians.”
Less consideration to sensitivities
black Creek has provided the city government a few months ago questions, and shared his fears. Also in the cantonal Parliament were concerned initiatives on the “fall in respect of the “Luzerner Zeitung” to the Region, as well as the consequences of this development”. So far, there have been annual Meetings between the Lucerne’s governing Council and the representatives of the “Neue Luzerner Zeitung” and the mother house NZZ, the government responded. At the last Meeting in March 2018, the new Joint Venture had been discussed. “Our Council will pursue the next steps in the implementation of the Joint venture carefully and, if necessary, the mutual exchange of resume,” wrote the member of the cantonal government.
Whether this exchange is still possible. Sure, a culture change is taking place with the reorganization. Previously, care was taken in the regional media”, St. Galler Tagblatt and Neue Luzerner Zeitung”, which have long been part of the NZZ, the regional sensitivities as much as possible. The outer sides were made in two regions, part of the week was alternated way, to be in both parts of the country are duly represented. Such sensitivities will in future be taken less consideration.
CH Media takes to the fears in Lucerne position as follows: “We are in regular and personal exchange with the Lucerne government, we will continue in the future.” The new coat editors will designed in such a way that this journalist writes, the different regions of CH Media reflect; regardless of the location, a spokeswoman. The quality of the regional reporting will you have to hold the usual level.
TV station from Aargau and Luzern and back
Lucerne is affected by the loss of Media nearly in a prototypical way: Even 27 years ago, the Canton was one of three independent daily Newspapers, today it is still a, and will shrink soon to a local editorial office.
After all, there are in Lucerne, three regional radio stations and a TV station. This transmitter, however, Tele 1, leads to another frustration: he Originally belonged as Tele Tell to Peter Wanners company. In the Wake of the award of the Concession ten years ago under the then Federal councillor Moritz Leuenberger, the contract was awarded to Central Switzerland, it Tele 1. With the cooperation between the NZZ (belongs to the indirect Tele-1) and AZ media, the transmitter is now back in the Aargauer owned. The stations will be in the future, operated by Zurich. (Editorial Tamedia)
Created: 14.12.2018, 16:08 PM
