SRG monthly magazine Link under reconstruction

There are concerns that the magazine could thus become a PR outlet for the SRG, according to the union magazine SSM Gazette.

The monthly magazine Link, previously published by the
SRG Public Council and the six member organizations in German-speaking Switzerland
published, is being revised. There is concern that the issue
thereby becoming a PR arm of the SRG, as the union magazine
The SSM Gazette reports. Until now, Link has seen itself as a platform for
Audience Council and Ombudsman, as an information sheet for the
Member organizations and as a forum for media policy
Discussion. Apparently, the magazine will now also be available for the
Member marketing by the regional companies. As
The SRG Board of Directors will join as an additional publisher.
A draft consultation document on the new direction also includes the
Talk of a „clear commitment to loyalty to SRG SSR in its
“current structure." The term "journalistic guidelines" is defined in the
The policy paper states the following: „The editorial process
“…protects the interests of the SRG in these areas." The
Proposals for link renovation from a working group consisting of
Members of the Presidents' Conference and the Public Council. Compared to the
Neither this working group nor any members of the SSM Gazette
Editorial staff comment on the renovation. 

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