News1.ch: The regional publishers' portal is online
It had already been announced for October 2008, and now it's online: News1.ch, the news portal of Swiss regional publishers, has gone live in the past few days.
After a delay of around five months, News1.ch has just gone online with its own news. The news portal of seven regional Swiss media companies offers a news overview from German-speaking Switzerland with a focus on regional and local news. The portal is primarily fed with articles from the various regional newspapers. The project was launched in August 2008 as an alternative for regional publishers to the news network opened shortly afterwards by Tamedia and Basler Zeitung Medien.
News1.ch is owned by Aargauer Zeitung AG, Neue Luzerner Zeitung AG, St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Südostschweiz New Media AG, Zürich Land Medien AG, Meier + Cie AG (Schaffhauser Nachrichten) and Vogt-Schild Medien AG. The latter is now part of AZ Medien. The seven partners represent 29 newspapers, 9 radio stations, 5 TV stations and 9 online portals. According to News 1 AG, they will continue to develop and expand the portal together over the coming months. News1.ch is coordinated by an editorial team in Aarau.
News1.ch is owned by Aargauer Zeitung AG, Neue Luzerner Zeitung AG, St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Südostschweiz New Media AG, Zürich Land Medien AG, Meier + Cie AG (Schaffhauser Nachrichten) and Vogt-Schild Medien AG. The latter is now part of AZ Medien. The seven partners represent 29 newspapers, 9 radio stations, 5 TV stations and 9 online portals. According to News 1 AG, they will continue to develop and expand the portal together over the coming months. News1.ch is coordinated by an editorial team in Aarau.
