Medium Micro in Western Switzerland gives up due to coronavirus
The recently launched weekly publication Micro in French-speaking Switzerland will cease operations. This was announced by the publishers on Monday night.
Those responsible cite the measures to contain the coronavirus as the reason. The Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected the title's main customers: Cafés, doctors' surgeries, hairdressing salons and cafés, the communiqué continued. Under these circumstances, it was impossible to resume publication.
The publication will therefore be discontinued next Sunday. A final issue is planned for Saturday, according to the information provided.
Intended as a sheet to share
Publication in paper form had already been suspended since March 17 after the Federal Council issued the coronavirus measures. The concept of the newspaper, which was created specifically as a paper for sharing for ecological reasons, had become "very complicated" in the current coronavirus context, added Micro added.
The publishers would refund all subscriptions taken out in 2020 and make two donations of CHF 10,000 each to the satirical newspaper Vigousse and to the online media La Torche 2.0, it continued. (SDA)
