20 Minuten closes "online newspaper"
The commuter newspaper *20 Minuten* must shut down its «online newspaper.» The reason is the secondary use fees charged by the Swiss News Agency (SDA).
Commuter newspaper 20 Minuten has to close its "online newspaper". The reason for this are secondary exploitation fees demanded by the Swiss News Agency (SDA).20min.ch editor-in-chief Peter Wälty told the Netzwoche ticker that the SDA's tariff ordinance provides for an additional fee for the publication of the print version of a newspaper on the Internet, in addition to the existing subscription payments for print and online news. Negotiations are currently taking place. However, 20min.ch states that a relaunch is "rather unlikely". SDA stated that the secondary exploitation fees are not new, but have been in place since 1997.
