Is Unia buying Tele Züri and Radio 24?
Apparently, the Unia union has submitted a bid for the four TV and radio stations that Tamedia is selling. Tamedia plans to divest itself of its four stations: Tele Züri, Radio 24 Zürich, Tele Bärn, and Capital FM Bern.
To this end, the publishing house is conducting an auction process. According to the latest speculation, Unia will also be involved. In addition to media companies such as Ringier and the TV station 3+, other companies from outside the industry are also said to have bid for the Tamedia stations. This was reported by Handelszeitung.ch on Friday. The casino group Escor, which is undergoing total restructuring, and rumors of circles close to the SVP are among those outside the industry. According to a Handelszeitung source, the trade union Unia, which is one of the largest employee organizations in the country with 200,000 members and over 100 sectors represented, is said to have already carried out extensive preparatory work.
Those responsible are now to put together a team of experts under the name "360 Grad", with whom they will deepen the content of their offer if Unia remains in the running. The union wants to prevent a "Berlusconization" of the Swiss media landscape and give publicity to topics that are important to the left and the trade unions, according to the idea.
The sale is now expected to be completed by the end of the year, according to a spokeswoman for the publishing house in the Handelszeitung. However, the company would not comment on individual offers.
