Zuvo wants to prevent delivery of Südostschweiz on Sunday
The delivery and distribution company Zuvo has filed a motion for a super-provisional order to prevent the distribution of the first Sunday edition of the *Südostschweiz*.
The delivery and distribution organization Zuvo has filed an application for a super-provisional injunction to prevent the delivery of the first Sunday edition of Südostschweiz. The application relates to the contract between Südostschweiz Pressevertrieb AG and Zuvo, which in turn is a company of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and the Tamedia media house. Südostschweiz Pressevertrieb AG is 65 percent owned by Südostschweiz Mediengruppe and 35 percent by Zuvo. It also distributes the SonntagsZeitung, the NZZ am Sonntag and the SonntagsBlick. In the cooperation agreement in question, a competition clause stipulates that the Board of Directors must agree on the distribution of additional titles, as Hanspeter Lebrument told Werbewoche. The Board of Directors of Südostschweiz Pressevertrieb AG is chaired by Hanspeter Lebrument.
Tamedia press spokeswoman Franziska Hügli confirmed the SDA news agency's request that Zuvo had filed the said application with the responsible judge, but did not want to provide any further information. At the media conference in Zurich on Wednesday, Südostschweiz publisher Hanspeter Lebrument also reported on the super-provisional injunction, of which he was informed shortly before the press conference. He was unimpressed and assured that the newspaper would be published either way. At the media conference, Lebrument promoted the new Sunday edition of his newspaper and justified the launch primarily with the development of the advertising and readership market. However, Lebrument also hopes that Südostschweiz am Sonntag will strengthen the independence of his media group and improve its market position vis-à-vis the major Zurich publishers Tamedia and NZZ.
Tamedia press spokeswoman Franziska Hügli confirmed the SDA news agency's request that Zuvo had filed the said application with the responsible judge, but did not want to provide any further information. At the media conference in Zurich on Wednesday, Südostschweiz publisher Hanspeter Lebrument also reported on the super-provisional injunction, of which he was informed shortly before the press conference. He was unimpressed and assured that the newspaper would be published either way. At the media conference, Lebrument promoted the new Sunday edition of his newspaper and justified the launch primarily with the development of the advertising and readership market. However, Lebrument also hopes that Südostschweiz am Sonntag will strengthen the independence of his media group and improve its market position vis-à-vis the major Zurich publishers Tamedia and NZZ.
