Local newspaper Frutigländer will not disappear after all
The Bernese Oberland newspaper Frutigländer will continue to be published. Just two weeks ago, the local paper announced its closure on June 30. According to the publisher, a solution is now on the horizon.
The Frutigländer is here to stay. (Image: Mark Pollmeier)
The announcement of the closure has caused great concern among the population and in the communities of Frutigland, writes publisher Richard Müller on the website of the Frutigländer. A meeting was held with representatives of all the municipalities in the valley.
The Frutigländer also gives the Frutiger Anzeiger the official publication of the municipalities of Adelboden, Aeschi, Frutigen, Kandergrund, Kandersteg, Krattigen and Reichenbach im Kandertal. Subscribers to the Frutigländer receive the Anzeiger as a supplement.
According to the publisher's announcement, a working group has been formed with the aim of Frutigländer to receive. It is already clear today that the Frutigländer will also be published after June 30 - with a "slightly different look" and an adapted concept.
The new publisher is Richard Müller from Gstaad, whose publishing house is the Saanen gazette publishes. Müller writes that he is aware that "there are still major challenges to overcome". The publisher is to develop an economically and journalistically viable concept with the partners involved.
Talks will be held with the affected employees in the publishing and editorial departments over the next few days, the statement continued. The employees were initially given notice when the publisher announced the closure of the newspaper at the end of May due to a drastic slump in sales.
The previous publisher Bernhard Egger is no longer on board. He will leave the Board of Directors of Frutigländer Medien in mid-June, according to the press release. Egger had taken over the Frutigländer Co-founded in 2005. (SDA)
