Zurich neighborhood newspaper Vorstadt is discontinued
The Zurich neighborhood newspaper *Vorstadt* will cease publication at the end of the year. The reason is financial difficulties. Three employees will be laid off.
The Zurich neighborhood newspaper Vorstadt will be discontinued at the end of the year. The reason is financial problems. Three people have been made redundant, as Erika Zurgilgen from Echo-Verlag told SDA on Thursday.
"We cannot finance another lean period on our own," publishing director Elio Camponovo is quoted as saying in Wednesday's edition. The newspaper is published in districts 11 and 12 every second Wednesday as a supplement to the Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich.
At the end of May 2007, Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich AG sold the weekly newspaper Vorstadt to Echo-Verlag. The publishing house also publishes the Quartierecho. This will continue to be published in districts 3, 4 and 9 and will be distributed to all letterboxes from 2009.
The Vorstadt newspaper was founded in 1957 by Ernst E. Büchi and was published by Büry-Verlag until 1996. It was then taken over by Zurich SVP party secretary Karl Schroeder and sold on to Akeret AG (now Zürcher Unterland Medien) in 1999. Since mid-2005, it has belonged to Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich AG, in which Tamedia holds a majority stake.
"We cannot finance another lean period on our own," publishing director Elio Camponovo is quoted as saying in Wednesday's edition. The newspaper is published in districts 11 and 12 every second Wednesday as a supplement to the Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich.
At the end of May 2007, Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich AG sold the weekly newspaper Vorstadt to Echo-Verlag. The publishing house also publishes the Quartierecho. This will continue to be published in districts 3, 4 and 9 and will be distributed to all letterboxes from 2009.
The Vorstadt newspaper was founded in 1957 by Ernst E. Büchi and was published by Büry-Verlag until 1996. It was then taken over by Zurich SVP party secretary Karl Schroeder and sold on to Akeret AG (now Zürcher Unterland Medien) in 1999. Since mid-2005, it has belonged to Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich AG, in which Tamedia holds a majority stake.
