Sharing instead of layoffs

Business press Stocks editors also have to write for other HandelsZeitungs newspapers With the changeover at Stocks from weekly to fortnightly publication from July, overcapacity has to be reduced. In addition to redundancies, a practice that has a long tradition in the HandelsZeitung publishing group is also being applied: They are looking for opportunities to share editors with other titles from the same company (Schweizer Bank, Schweizer Versicherung, New Management). "For a specialized group in the business press sector - with titles that complement each other in terms of content - this approach makes sense," said Ralph Büchi, head of the HandelsZeitung publishing group. (dse)