Anzeiger am Rhein to be discontinued

Local newspapers The Bote vom Untersee, the official gazette in the Steckborn district, will also take over publication for the Diessenhofen district from January 2004, when the local Anzeiger am Rhein ceases publication. In the Friday edition of the Bote vom Untersee, publisher Martin Keller wrote that the newspaper will in future be called Bote vom Untersee und Rhein. Werner Sigrist, publisher of the Anzeiger, justified the closure of his newspaper with economic reasons and a lack of succession planning. The Anzeiger am Rhein has a paid circulation of 1418 copies, while the Bote vom Untersee sells 3815 copies, according to Wemf. Both papers are published twice a week.