Lucerne residents arm themselves against free newspapers

Publishers The Neue Luzerner Zeitung (NLZ) and Anzeiger Luzern (AL) are moving closer together: NLZ acquires a 30 percent shareholding in the course of a capital increase by AL Publishing houses Neue Luzerner Zeitung (NLZ) and Anzeiger Luzern (AL) are moving closer together: NLZ is acquiring a 30 percent stake in AL as part of a capital increase. AL publishes two free newspapers, Anzeiger Luzern and Luzerner Woche, for the city and agglomeration of Lucerne. According to Erwin Bachmann, Delegate of the Board of Directors of NLZ, the bundling of forces also aims to secure the position against attacks from new free newspapers.