BT Holding takes over Radio 24 - Espace Media Groupe acquires Langenthaler Tagblatt
Die BT Holding übernimmt Radio 24 von Tamedia. Damit geht das Privatradio an Peter Wanner. Die Espace Media Groupe, eine Tochtergesellschaft von Tamedia, übernimmt von den AZ Medien das Langenthaler Tagblatt.
Radio 24 will continue to operate as an independent station in Zurich, as Tamedia announced on Monday. All 33 employees of the station will continue to be employed by BT Holding. The transfer of the Radio 24 license must be approved by the Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications in accordance with the Radio and TV Act and will become legally binding once this approval has been obtained. The marketing organization Belcom, in which the sales teams of Radio 24 and Tele Züri are bundled, will be transferred to AZ Medien with all 27 employees (22.7 full-time positions) as of 1 January 2012. AZ Medien AG is majority-owned by BT Holding. The sale of Belcom AG is intended to ensure that Radio 24 and the TV station Tele Züri can continue to operate together in the advertising market. More than the takeover of Radio 24 is no longer possible, said publisher Peter Wanner on Monday at the request of SDA. A joint advertising pool of Radio 24 and Radio Argovia is "conceivable". Tamedia media spokesman Christoph Zimmer described BT Holding as a desired partner. The interest in Radio 24 was "very great".
> Statement of the SSM media union
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As part of the merger with Edipresse Suisse, the media company Tamedia decided in April of this year to examine the sale of its TV channels, radio stations and specialist media. At the end of August 2011, Tamedia had already announced the sale of Tele Bärn and TeleZüri to AZ Medien.
AZ Medien plans to sell majority stake in Radio 32
AZ Medien AG currently operates Radio 32, the leading radio station in the Solothurn area. As the Radio and TV Act limits the number of private radio licenses under the economic control of a main shareholder to two, AZ Medien plans to enter into talks with potential partners in the coming weeks on the sale of its majority stake of currently 61.3 percent in Radio 32.
Espace Media acquires Langenthaler Tagblatt from AZ Medien
Espace Media Groupe, a subsidiary of the Tamedia media group, is taking over the Langenthaler Tagblatt with all 11 employees (9.6 full-time positions) from AZ Medien. The daily newspaper for the Langenthal region reaches around 18,000 readers every day with a circulation of 8,152 copies (Wemf 2011).
The Langenthaler Tagblatt is to be merged with the Oberaargau regional edition of the BZ Berner Zeitung. The resulting new newspaper will bear the title Langenthaler Tagblatt. The new daily newspaper will reach more than half of the inhabitants of Oberaargau. Following the necessary approval by the Federal Competition Commission, this will create a strong daily newspaper for the Langenthal and Oberaargau region.
The parties have agreed not to disclose the details of the contracts.
