Flops of the week: Moritz Leuenberger and Frank A. Meyer on the Edipresse takeover
Moritz Leuenberger hopes and expects that the Zurich-based corporation will fulfill its new responsibilities in the areas of government and media policy. He is concerned about German-speaking Switzerland’s cultural dominance over French-speaking Switzerland, the media minister said during question time in the National Council.
Moritz Leuenberger on the Edipresse takeover
Moritz Leuenberger hopes and expects the Zurich-based group to assume its new responsibility in terms of state and media policy. He is concerned about the cultural dominance of German-speaking Switzerland over French-speaking Switzerland, said the Media Minister during question time in the National Council. On the other hand, such mergers in the media landscape are also a means of surviving and remaining viable in the face of giants such as Google. Media concentration is not bad in itself, Leuenberger continued. The aim cannot be for as many newspapers as possible to actually print the same news agency reports.
Frank A. Meyer on the Edipresse takeover
For the first time, a representative of the Ringier publishing house has commented on the takeover of Edipresse by Tamedia. Frank A. Meyer sharply criticized the impending deal. He considers the increasing domination of the Zurich media to be a cause for concern, as he told Sonntag in response to the question of whether the deal was good or bad. In addition, Edipresse would have been a better fit for Ringier in terms of products anyway, Meyer continued.
Moritz Leuenberger hopes and expects the Zurich-based group to assume its new responsibility in terms of state and media policy. He is concerned about the cultural dominance of German-speaking Switzerland over French-speaking Switzerland, said the Media Minister during question time in the National Council. On the other hand, such mergers in the media landscape are also a means of surviving and remaining viable in the face of giants such as Google. Media concentration is not bad in itself, Leuenberger continued. The aim cannot be for as many newspapers as possible to actually print the same news agency reports.
Frank A. Meyer on the Edipresse takeover
For the first time, a representative of the Ringier publishing house has commented on the takeover of Edipresse by Tamedia. Frank A. Meyer sharply criticized the impending deal. He considers the increasing domination of the Zurich media to be a cause for concern, as he told Sonntag in response to the question of whether the deal was good or bad. In addition, Edipresse would have been a better fit for Ringier in terms of products anyway, Meyer continued.
