After positive results: "Save the Confederation" committee discontinues activities
The committee formed to save the Bern-based daily newspaper *Der Bund* is pleased with the collaboration between *Der Bund* and the *Tages-Anzeiger*. Given these positive developments, the committee is suspending its activities until further notice.
The new newspaper has become better and has also improved the quality of its competitor, the Berner Zeitung. This is the conclusion of the committee after almost 200 issues of the new Bund. Should circumstances require it, the committee could be reactivated at any time, according to a communiqué issued on Friday.
Exactly one year ago, on May 14, 2009, Tamedia decided not to merge the Bund with the BZ, but to continue publishing it as an independent title. However, the traditional newspaper now cooperates closely with the Tages-Anzeiger, from which it benefits on a daily basis, according to the rescue committee. The tenor is that the new Bund is even better than the old one. In addition, the greater Bern area will retain two journalistic voices. Mutual control and competition with the BZ have had a positive effect.
The "Save the Confederation" committee has 16,500 members. Hundreds of them donated around CHF 33,000 in the winter of 2008/09, enabling a campaign against the discontinuation of the Confederation.
Exactly one year ago, on May 14, 2009, Tamedia decided not to merge the Bund with the BZ, but to continue publishing it as an independent title. However, the traditional newspaper now cooperates closely with the Tages-Anzeiger, from which it benefits on a daily basis, according to the rescue committee. The tenor is that the new Bund is even better than the old one. In addition, the greater Bern area will retain two journalistic voices. Mutual control and competition with the BZ have had a positive effect.
The "Save the Confederation" committee has 16,500 members. Hundreds of them donated around CHF 33,000 in the winter of 2008/09, enabling a campaign against the discontinuation of the Confederation.
