Service company for SME publishers is being concretized
The planned service company Netz.lokalpresse.ch, which aims to strengthen the independence of small and medium-sized publishing companies, is taking shape: The project team led by Guido Blumer, publisher of the Winterthur Stadtblatt, and media lawyer Franz A. Zölch presented the business model they have developed on Tuesday.
The planned service company Netz.lokalpresse.ch, which aims to strengthen the independence of SME publishers, is taking shape: The project team led by Winterthur Stadtblatt publisher Guido Blumer and media lawyer Franz A. Zölch presented the business model to a group of 16 publishers in Bern on Tuesday (see ). A total of over 70 people were invited. According to a press release, all those who have already been personally informed about the concrete plans have shown great interest in this cooperation opportunity. Each individual partner will remain autonomous and independent, but will be able to reduce costs and increase revenues in the individually selected areas by cooperating with other local press publishers. For example, cooperation is possible in printing and infrastructure, prepress, logistics or IT, advertising acquisition, training, editorial work, staff shortages or succession planning.
The Swiss Press Association is also involved: it is contributing to the joint representation of interests in professional policy issues such as VAT and transportation. In talks with the managing director of the publishers' association, Hanspeter Kellermüller, on Tuesday, any overlapping problems with the tasks were resolved, it is reported. The company is to be founded in the course of the fall. Its supreme body will be the company meeting, which will be managed strategically by a board of directors and operationally by a managing director.
The Swiss Press Association is also involved: it is contributing to the joint representation of interests in professional policy issues such as VAT and transportation. In talks with the managing director of the publishers' association, Hanspeter Kellermüller, on Tuesday, any overlapping problems with the tasks were resolved, it is reported. The company is to be founded in the course of the fall. Its supreme body will be the company meeting, which will be managed strategically by a board of directors and operationally by a managing director.
