Vogt-Schild files suit against Tamedia and wants to leave the publishers' association
Due to what Vogt-Schild CEO Christian Müller described as a "dumping offer" from Tamedia, the Solothurn-based publisher has now filed a lawsuit against the Zurich-based media company for unfair competition. For the same reason, the publisher is threatening to leave the publishers' association.
The long-running "newspaper war" in Solothurn between the Solothurner Zeitung from the Vogt-Schild Medien Group and Tamedia, which has a local presence with the Solothurner Tagblatt, appears to be coming to a head. In the summer, Tamedia launched an annual subscription combination of Solothurner Tagblatt and Sonntagszeitung for CHF 100.
Due to this "dumping offer", as Vogt-Schild CEO Christian Müller called it to the Swiss journalist, the Solothurn publishing house has now filed a lawsuit against the Zurich media company for unfair competition. As there has not yet been a decision of the highest instance on such "bait-and-switch offers" (competition law expert Michael Vlcek from the Institute of Law at the University of Zurich), the lawsuit could set a precedent and be successful.
Vogt-Schild has also provisionally resigned from the publishing association due to the "dumping offer". The company's Board of Directors will decide whether the resignation will actually be carried out. As reported by Swiss Journalist, publisher president Hanspeter Lebrument will attempt to mediate at the annual congress of the Swiss press in Montreux next Thursday.
Due to this "dumping offer", as Vogt-Schild CEO Christian Müller called it to the Swiss journalist, the Solothurn publishing house has now filed a lawsuit against the Zurich media company for unfair competition. As there has not yet been a decision of the highest instance on such "bait-and-switch offers" (competition law expert Michael Vlcek from the Institute of Law at the University of Zurich), the lawsuit could set a precedent and be successful.
Vogt-Schild has also provisionally resigned from the publishing association due to the "dumping offer". The company's Board of Directors will decide whether the resignation will actually be carried out. As reported by Swiss Journalist, publisher president Hanspeter Lebrument will attempt to mediate at the annual congress of the Swiss press in Montreux next Thursday.
