New online newspaper launched in French-speaking Switzerland
A new online newspaper was launched in French-speaking Switzerland on Wednesday. It is called Lesobservateurs.ch and, according to a report by the French-speaking Swiss television station, positions itself on the political right.
The online newspaper is backed by Geneva sociologist Uli Windisch, journalist Philippe Barraud, head of department at the French-speaking Swiss weekly magazine L'Hebdo, and Olivier Grivat, former editor-in-chief of the newspaper 24Heures. Windisch said that the online newspaper would have 450,000 francs at its disposal over the next two years. Among the shareholders of LesObservateurs.ch is the Ticino financier Tito Tettamanti, who has once again been the main shareholder of the Basel newspaper since December.
