The enfant terrible is tamed
Newspapers: Relaunch of *Evenimentul Zilei*, Ringier's intellectual newspaper in Romania.
Newspapers Re-launch of Evenimentul Zilei, Ringier's intelligence paper in Romania. On Monday, June 20, Romania's opinion-forming newspaper Evenimentul Zilei ("Event of the Day", circulation 100,000) was relaunched with content from the pens of a newly appointed editorial team. Ringier Romania's enfant terrible made headlines across Europe last December when its controversial editors saw Ringier's restructuring plans as an attack on press freedom. The publisher was personally seen as being in the same boat as the hated post-communists, to whose ouster the paper had made a significant contribution with its revelations. The highlight was a demonstration by practically the entire editorial team in front of the Swiss embassy in Bucharest in mid-December against the "demolishing practices of the Ringier Group".
At the moment, the editorial team seems to be quiet. "The newspaper has become more modern, but its content is still the same," says Thomas Landolt, publishing director of the eleven current Ringier titles in Romania. Landolt had already repeatedly emphasized in the hot December that Evenimentul Zilei wanted to remain a newspaper critical of the government. The newspaper now has a weekly interview page and an opinion page, to which the former front-page editorial has been moved. All in all, the paper bears the slightly tabloid-like signature of many Ringier titles. It has also been thoroughly structured and provided with sections, where previously much was celebrated under the heading Evenimentul ("Event"). Of the 140 people in the former editorial team, 30 have resigned, which Landolt regrets. Former editor-in-chief Dan Turturica is no longer with the paper, but Cornel Nistorescu, who turned Evenimentul Zilei into a reference newspaper in 1998, continues to write political commentaries.
René Worni
At the moment, the editorial team seems to be quiet. "The newspaper has become more modern, but its content is still the same," says Thomas Landolt, publishing director of the eleven current Ringier titles in Romania. Landolt had already repeatedly emphasized in the hot December that Evenimentul Zilei wanted to remain a newspaper critical of the government. The newspaper now has a weekly interview page and an opinion page, to which the former front-page editorial has been moved. All in all, the paper bears the slightly tabloid-like signature of many Ringier titles. It has also been thoroughly structured and provided with sections, where previously much was celebrated under the heading Evenimentul ("Event"). Of the 140 people in the former editorial team, 30 have resigned, which Landolt regrets. Former editor-in-chief Dan Turturica is no longer with the paper, but Cornel Nistorescu, who turned Evenimentul Zilei into a reference newspaper in 1998, continues to write political commentaries.
René Worni
