NZZ am Sonntag criticizes article on Infosperber.ch

According to the Sonntag newspaper, retired media manager Christian Müller calculates on the online platform Infosperber that the newly designed magazine supplement "Style" of the NZZ am Sonntag must be a loss-making business. He counted the advertisements in June and compared the income with the estimated expenditure. Müller's conclusion: "Stil" is a "bottomless pit". The loss per issue amounted to 13,000 francs. It is assumed on Infosperber.ch that money is collected not only for the advertisements, but also for the editorial recommendations with sales outlet addresses.

With such an insinuation, for which the author fails to provide any evidence, his "personal professional honor is massively violated", Sonntagszeitung editor-in-chief Felix E. Müller is quoted as saying in Sonntag. The NZZ am Sonntag's lawyer is now demanding the removal of this "allegation" from the Internet as well as a written declaration to cease and desist because it "seriously" damages the reputation of the newspaper and the NZZ as publisher. It also violates the law on unfair competition. However, Christian Müller from Infosperber does not want to cower and accept a legal dispute.