Flop of the week: The Bern model on the brink

The Bund is to either cooperate editorially with the Tages-Anzeiger (TA) or merge with the Berner Zeitung (BZ). Tamedia is examining corresponding concepts and intends to make a decision by the middle of next year. Without editorial cooperation, Der Bund no longer has any economic prospects, Tamedia announced on Monday. Two projects are being examined: Editorial cooperation between Der Bund and Tages-Anzeiger is running under the project name "TagesBund". The aim would be to offer the readership of the two titles a jointly developed mantle. It would be conceivable, for example, to exchange editorial content to a large extent or to share some of the departmental structure. In this case, the "Berner Modell" with two independent daily newspapers in one publishing house would continue to exist. In the "Berner Zeitung & Der Bund" project, a merger of the two editorial offices is being examined. The economic strength of the Berner Zeitung offers a good starting point.