Imprint and Comedia criticize Tamedia
Impressum has expressed disappointment over the closure of the Solothurner Tagblatt newspaper. In a press release issued Thursday, the professional association noted that Tamedia is still posting positive half-year results even at the depths of the crisis and continues to have substantial reserves. The media union has also criticized Tamedia.
Impressum is disappointed about the demise of the Solothurner Tagblatt newspaper. Tamedia is still posting a positive half-year result at the bottom of the crisis and still has generous reserves, the professional association wrote in a press release on Thursday. It is disappointed by the one-sided business strategy aimed at optimizing profits, which shows no consideration for the employees affected. Impressum is calling on Tamedia to continue to employ the affected employees in their companies in appropriate positions. Furthermore, the social hardship should be alleviated by applying the Tages-Anzeiger social plan.
In 2001, the Solothurner Tagblatt was founded by Espace Medien as a regional edition or headline of the Berner Zeitung, writes Impressum - and since then "it has aggressively competed with the Solothurner Zeitung in the small media market - e.g. with cheap subscriptions." The strategy would have been successful: "Recently, under economic pressure, the publisher Müller had to sell the Vogt-Schild Medien Group, publisher of the Solothurner Zeitung, to AZ Medien - thus increasing media concentration. Espace Medien and Tamedia are partly responsible for this."
Same social plan as at Berner Zeitung
Nevertheless, her Solothurner Tagblatt will now be discontinued. In the end, all that will remain is an increasingly limited diversity of opinion and media. And the bill for the publisher's skirmishes will be paid by the 17 employees who will now lose their jobs, as well as the undisclosed number of freelancers affected.
According to Tamedia, there is a social plan for the employees affected. The same plan will be applied as at the Berner Zeitung and the newspaper Der Bund, Tamedia told SDA in response to an inquiry. The social plan is valid until the end of 2010.
Comedia reacts with concern
In a press release, Comedia reacts with concern to today's decision by Tamedia. Once again, qualified jobs for media professionals are being cut and 17 people are facing the end of their careers. The media union is supporting those affected in asserting their interests. "Even if the predatory struggle between Tamedia/Espace and AZ Medien/Vogt-Schild was conducted at the publishing level with sometimes problematic means, the closure of the Solothurner Tagblatt is a loss and contributes to a further alarming impoverishment of the press landscape. The journalistic competition spurred on better journalistic performance and gave readers the choice between two different voices", Comedia points out. Together with the editorial team, the union now wants to examine whether adjustments need to be made to the social plan that was negotiated in June for the job cuts at the Bund and Berner Zeitung. "The employees can make proposals on how to avoid the redundancies, how to reduce the redundancies and how to mitigate the consequences of the redundancies." Comedia is calling on Tamedia to carry out this procedure seriously and not simply as a formality.
In 2001, the Solothurner Tagblatt was founded by Espace Medien as a regional edition or headline of the Berner Zeitung, writes Impressum - and since then "it has aggressively competed with the Solothurner Zeitung in the small media market - e.g. with cheap subscriptions." The strategy would have been successful: "Recently, under economic pressure, the publisher Müller had to sell the Vogt-Schild Medien Group, publisher of the Solothurner Zeitung, to AZ Medien - thus increasing media concentration. Espace Medien and Tamedia are partly responsible for this."
Same social plan as at Berner Zeitung
Nevertheless, her Solothurner Tagblatt will now be discontinued. In the end, all that will remain is an increasingly limited diversity of opinion and media. And the bill for the publisher's skirmishes will be paid by the 17 employees who will now lose their jobs, as well as the undisclosed number of freelancers affected.
According to Tamedia, there is a social plan for the employees affected. The same plan will be applied as at the Berner Zeitung and the newspaper Der Bund, Tamedia told SDA in response to an inquiry. The social plan is valid until the end of 2010.
Comedia reacts with concern
In a press release, Comedia reacts with concern to today's decision by Tamedia. Once again, qualified jobs for media professionals are being cut and 17 people are facing the end of their careers. The media union is supporting those affected in asserting their interests. "Even if the predatory struggle between Tamedia/Espace and AZ Medien/Vogt-Schild was conducted at the publishing level with sometimes problematic means, the closure of the Solothurner Tagblatt is a loss and contributes to a further alarming impoverishment of the press landscape. The journalistic competition spurred on better journalistic performance and gave readers the choice between two different voices", Comedia points out. Together with the editorial team, the union now wants to examine whether adjustments need to be made to the social plan that was negotiated in June for the job cuts at the Bund and Berner Zeitung. "The employees can make proposals on how to avoid the redundancies, how to reduce the redundancies and how to mitigate the consequences of the redundancies." Comedia is calling on Tamedia to carry out this procedure seriously and not simply as a formality.
