After the first decline in turnover in the company's history, the Internet company Google is on a slight upward trend again. The company increased its turnover from April to June by 3 percent to 5.52 billion dollars compared to the same quarter last year. Profits even rose by 19 percent to 1.48 billion dollars, as Google announced on Thursday (local time) according to SDA. Analysts were nevertheless disappointed. The share price fell by more than three percent in after-hours trading.
Google earns most of its money from advertising. The company dominates the search engine market. Google will constantly improve its search engine, said CEO Eric Schmidt during a conference call. "Users are asking more and more complex questions, and they are now angry if they don't find what they are looking for."
Rival Microsoft recently launched its new search engine Bing. In return, Google announced its own operating system for computers last week. Google's goal is "for people to spend more and more time on the Internet", said Schmidt - and not be able to avoid the advertising there.

Sihldruck is moving, but will remain in the center of Zurich. As of August 1, 2009, the company will concentrate all activities and locations with 65 employees under one roof at Binzstrasse 9, according to a press release issued on Thursday. This affects both the main operation at Kasernenstrasse 23 and the digital printing operation at Bleicherweg 62.
The company has grown continuously in recent years, the statement continues. Due to the integration of Stulz in 2004 and a cooperation with Schulthess Druck in the production of legal works as well as a collaboration with Webgearing, Sihldruck was bursting at the seams at its old location. Thanks to the space reserves at the new location, cooperation models with other print service providers are being discussed and examined.

The cable network operator Cablecom has rightly removed the TV channel U1 TV from its analog cable network. According to SDA, the Federal Supreme Court rejected the private broadcaster's appeal and specified the conditions under which a broadcaster can demand to be taken off the air.
Last November, the Federal Administrative Court came to the conclusion that U1, with its program consisting largely of quiz, talk and erotic shows, had no right to broadcast. Cablecom was therefore allowed to remove the channel from its analog network. U1 TV then appealed to the Federal Supreme Court, which has now also dismissed the broadcaster's appeal. In their decision, the judges stated that, according to the Federal Council, only programs that are classified as "particularly valuable" in terms of content should be able to benefit from mandatory activation. If a private broadcaster wishes to obtain a licence from a network provider, it must convincingly demonstrate in its application to what extent its offering makes a "special" contribution to fulfilling the objectives defined in the Federal Constitution. These objectives consist of the dissemination of information on political, economic and social issues and contributions to the development of cultural life. According to the Federal Supreme Court, however, the highest possible viewing figures are not a criterion.
Added value required over and above existing offers
What is required is an original and financially realistic overall program that has a certain added value over and above the existing licensed offerings. Individual programs that contribute to informing viewers or to cultural diversity would not suffice. U1 TV did not meet these requirements. Moreover, the fact that fewer channels are on air than theoretically possible does not give rise to a claim for activation.
U1 TV is now called Schweiz 5 and is broadcast on Cablecom's digital network.

At the international Berliner Type competition, the jury awarded 35 diplomas for excellent individual achievements in the fields of conception, text and graphic design in addition to the gold, silver and bronze awards. Diplomas were awarded to the Metadesign projects "NZZ Annual Report 2008," "mare - Special Issue Culinary" and the internationally applicable Siemens typography "Our Typefaces.
The Berliner Type has been awarded internationally since 1970 and honors printed works that combine innovative conception and design, special originality, outstanding typography, illustration and photography, and stand out for their excellent workmanship and printing.

Together with Dissenter, DD Com has developed an online game for the launch of the new Skoda Yeti, in which the aim is to catch as many Yetis as possible in a short space of time. There are a total of five levels to master. The faster the player catches the Yetis in the typically Swiss surroundings, the more points they receive. Vouchers are being raffled off in cooperation with the Swiss label Zimtstern.
> To the online game

The "Stickermania" campaign launched jointly by Migros and WWF came to an end after eight weeks. Migros announced in a press release that 650,000 albums had been sold. The WWF received one franc for every book sold. The environmental organization intends to invest the money in protecting the rainforests of Borneo and Madagascar.
With a purchase of CHF 20 or more, Migros customers received five pictures of exotic animals to fill their albums. The common goal of the campaign was to sensitize children and young people to rainforest conservation in a playful way. Both Migros and the WWF expressed their satisfaction with the campaign.

The US sitcom "30 Rock" and the drama series "Mad Man" have a good chance of winning one of the Emmy television awards. The series "30 Rock", which offers a look behind the chaotic scenes of a TV show, was nominated 22 times. "Mad Man", about an advertising company in New York in the 1960s, received 16 Emmy nominations on Thursday, according to SDA. German model Heidi Klum can celebrate two nominations, including for "Best Host of a Reality TV Show". The 36-year-old was also nominated last year, but missed out at the awards ceremony.
The Emmys will be awarded for the 61st time on September 20 in Los Angeles.

In the view of the Federal Office of Communications (Bakom), the clock with sponsor insertion before the "Tagesschau" on Swiss television is not permitted under the new RTVA. It is demanding an adjustment. SRG is defending itself against this decision.
The so-called "sponsored clock" is used to bridge the airtime immediately before the "Tagesschau" at 7.30 pm, but also before "10 to 10" and broadcasts on the TSR and RSI channels. A sponsor is presented in repetitive commercials lasting ten seconds. In a supervisory decision, OFCOM objected to the sponsor insertion of the clock. According to the decision, which is available on the Internet, it violates a directive issued at the beginning of 2009 on the basis of the new Radio and Television Act. The directive regulates the length and number of insertions.
SRG will appeal the decision to the Federal Administrative Court, SRG spokesperson Max Gurtner confirmed a report in the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper on Thursday. "From our point of view, there is no reason to change the long-standing practice." The proceedings came about because SRG and Bakom were unable to agree on implementation.
Second attack on "sponsored watch"
Bakom had already attempted to abolish the "sponsored clock" in 1997. At that time, however, the Uvek approved SRG's practice. "Bakom is now using the new law as an opportunity to question watch sponsorship again," says SRG spokesperson Gurtner. The spots before the "Tagesschau" are attractive, as information programs may not be sponsored. SRG has therefore declared the "sponsored watch" as a separate abbreviated program since 1992. Bakom accepts this.

Several Microsoft executives are said to be in Silicon Valley to finalize a search deal with Yahoo. This is reported by All Things Digital, the IT conference section of the Wall Street Journal. They are said to include three top managers responsible for the online sector: Yusuf Mehdi, Satya Nadella and Qi Lu. It is said that the negotiations are "only about the small print". The contract could be finalized and made public within a week.
Yahoo boss Carol Bartz said in May that she would be open to a search agreement if she could believe in the partner's technology and it brought "boatloads of money". Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been hinting for a year that he would like to cooperate with Yahoo when it comes to search, even if he is no longer considering a complete takeover of Yahoo, as was mooted in February 2008. Since then, Microsoft has significantly advanced its search technology with Bing through its own research. (Source: Zdnet.de)

The Swiss media are facing a decline in advertising: In June 2009, the volume of advertisements in daily and regional weekly newspapers fell by 21.0 percent compared to the previous year, to 127.0 million francs.
According to the WEMF statistics released on Friday, job advertisements fell by 51.2 percent. Real estate listings declined by 18.0 percent. Commercial ads fell by 13.8 percent. Brochure inserts decreased by 19.2 percent. The Sunday press suffered the sharpest decline: this June, it had 47.0 percent fewer ads than a year ago. The daily press and the financial and business press each recorded a decline of 21.2 percent.
As recently as Thursday, two other advertising statistics—one from the Media Focus research institute and one from the advertising agency Publicitas—had raised hopes that the pace of the decline might have slowed somewhat.

Where the Swiss cross is on the label, it does not always contain Swiss ingredients. The Swiss Consumer Protection Foundation (SKS) lists foods that advertise with the Swiss cross but contain raw materials from all over the world. This does not suit the Federal Council. In the fall, it wants to create a regulation with a "Swissness" bill that determines the circumstances under which a food may advertise with the Swiss cross. This would require 80 percent of a food product to come from Switzerland.
Consumer protection expressly welcomes this plan, it wrote in a statement on Thursday, according to SDA. As products with the Swiss cross on the packaging often cost more, it is also justified if they are guaranteed to contain Swiss raw materials. However, the SKS goes on to say that this is not a matter of course. The examples that the SKS has posted on its website are intended to generate counter-pressure. The list shows that the Swissness proposal is urgently needed.
The SKS bases its information on the list on its own research and media reports. Information was provided by the major distributor Migros. Coop has not yet answered the SKS's questions. The food industry in particular is opposed to excessively strict rules.

Namics has developed a new solution for the Migros Club School. Website has been realized. The new site has been completely overhauled in terms of technology, design and content and is intended to make it easier to find information and register online, according to a press release from the agency, which is part of Publigroupe.
The graphic and technical implementation was carried out by Namics and the Competence Center gmSAPcampus of the Migros Cooperative Eastern Switzerland in collaboration with the online managers of the Migros Club School. The information architecture of the new website, the intuitive navigation and search concept, was developed with the usability agency Zeix.