The "Rundschau" relied heavily on photos from the end of 2017, which documented damage such as broken cables or loose screws. In addition, anonymous employees raised accusations against their employer: there was a lack of expertise, work was done improperly, and even necessary tools were missing. They were therefore concerned about the long-term safety of these trains.

The "Rundschau" confronted the manufacturer with these serious accusations on a Friday morning. Bombardier let almost two working days (plus a weekend) pass for the answer. On the day before the broadcast, Bombardier had then complained that there was not enough time to view the documents seriously. Without having seen the photos and quotes of the insiders, Bombardier finally sent a written statement to the "Rundschau".

Bombardier claimed to the Press Council that "Rundschau" had reported untruthfully and had violated its duty to hear the case. According to the train manufacturer, SRF had not mentioned the correct production phase of the damaged trains. The superimposed images would show damage to test trains in the refitting process.

The Press Council did not consider the duty to tell the truth to have been violated because the "Rundschau" was able to substantiate its allegations. The duty to hear Bombardier was also not violated. The manufacturer had recognized the details of the accusations at an early stage and had the opportunity to counter them precisely. However, the company had refrained from doing so. The "Rundschau" was admonished, however, that it would have been desirable to question the damage pictures and to name the phases of production more precisely to the viewers.

The 31-year-old is currently chief of staff at the Glarus News, the Glarus regional edition of the Südostschweiz, and takes over as editorial director as of June 1. This will guarantee a seamless transition from his predecessor Rolf Hösli. Hösli is leaving Somedia after almost 32 years, becoming the new sports promoter of the canton of Glarus, as announced in December.

Dürst studied at the universities of Basel, Zurich, Lucerne and Fribourg and graduated in 2015 with a Master of Arts in Religion - Economics - Politics. He has worked for various newspapers since 2005, including the Tages-Anzeiger and at the Basler Zeitung. In 2017, he was honored by the trade magazine Swiss journalist named "Top 30 Under 30 Journalists" talent.

Due to the current difficult situation in connection with the coronavirus, no regular application procedure could be carried out for the time being. This will probably be made up for in the second half of the year. Dürst is therefore filling the position of editorial director on an interim basis until the end of December 2020.

The company had announced that employees' workloads would be cut by at least 10 percent. Where possible, more could also be cut. The staff was surprised by the announcement, it wrote in Monday's letter.

Contrary to what short-time work would imply, there is no question of less work, they say. In some areas, there is not less work to be done, but even more. The population's need for up-to-date information is great.

The workforce is demanding a public declaration from management as to what financial contribution it is prepared to make - for example by foregoing bonuses. Shareholders should also contribute to the financial stabilization of the company in the form of a sharply reduced dividend in 2020.

TX Group expects advertising revenues to fall by a mid-double-digit million figure by the end of the year. This cannot be nearly compensated by the good development in the digital area, as the company announced on Friday. (SDA)

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, everyday life in Switzerland is focused on our own four walls. We all cook and bake - alone, as a couple or as a family. With the "Betty cooks with you!" recipe initiative, Betty Bossi employees want to support the population in the best possible way.

The company is making more than 12,000 recipes from all 120 cookbooks published since 1973 available digitally and free of charge in one go - a first in the history of Betty Bossi. Managing Director Lars Feldmann explains the reason for this: "We want to provide support in challenging everyday life, help people to enjoy moments of happiness and thus bring a ray of hope into the challenging times at home." This includes the joy of cooking and baking together as well as the pleasure of a successful meal.

All cookbooks are now available as digital flip catalogs on the Betty Bossi website for the coming weeks. A search field can be used to browse for popular dishes in the individual cookbook flip page catalogs or in the entire digital recipe database.

Many recipes for children

Children are at home too and want to be kept busy. That's why Betty Bossi also publishes dozens of children's recipes to cook yourself or cook along with them. There is also a special newsletter and daily cooking and baking inspiration on social media under the hashtag #BettyKochtMitDir. All information about the "Betty cooks with you!" recipe initiative can be found at Bettybossi.ch available.

How the View writes in Saturday's edition, fewer newspaper carriers are currently on the road because of the Corona threat. The newspapers are distributed "sometimes late or not at all".

Also the NZZ advises its subscribers of possible delays. Both publishers advise their readers to switch to the e-paper for this period. (SDA)

The company in Aigle VD will celebrate its 111th anniversary in 2020 and produces pickled vegetables, seasoning products, vinegars and sauces. The Reitzel Group employs more than 400 people in subsidiaries in Switzerland, France and India. Reitzel's pickle specialties are distributed in more than 22 countries.

In Switzerland, Reitzel offers the Hugo Reitzel and Hugo brands in addition to various retail brands and products for food service. The latter carries a range of products made exclusively with produce from Swiss agriculture.

Bel Suisse includes the Cantadou, Kiri, Leerdammer, Babybel, Boursin and La-vache-qui-rit brands. The Cantadou brand has already existed in the Swiss fresh cheese market for over 40 years. The challenge now is to make the brand more attractive to a younger audience. Cantadou stands for freshness, Provence and cozy get-togethers. These attributes had to be retained when the positioning and brand promise were revised. In close exchange with Cantadou, Havas repositioned the brand and revitalized it with a radical re-branding.

The focus is on the different products and the people who enjoy them. At the heart of the campaign are advertisements and various stop-motion videos, which will be shown on TV, on social media and on the newly designed Website can be switched. The clips show how to celebrate the most important holidays of the year with Cantadou. Provence and Cantadou's typical joie-de-vivre always subtly resonate through the colors and music.

The workload of the employees will be reduced by at least 10 percent. Where possible, more could be cut, the company writes in an employee information document obtained by the Keystone-SDA news agency.

During the phase of short-time work, wages will fall accordingly. However, as the company stated on request, it wants to keep the financial losses of the employees as low as possible. TX Group will therefore continue to pay at least 90 percent of the gross salary during the short-time working period.

Deploy sports and culture department elsewhere

Because individual teams, such as those in sports and culture reporting at Tamedia's paid media, have significantly less work due to the Corona crisis, they are to be deployed in other departments whenever possible. Of course, employees are not expected to work as much as usual during the short-time phase.

The TX Group expects advertising revenues to fall by a mid-double-digit million figure by the end of the year. Even the good development in the digital sector cannot come close to compensating for this. (SDA)

The current emergency situation surrounding the coronavirus is paralyzing the economy. Surprisingly, in addition to the hygiene and food industries, there is high demand in a completely different segment - online dating. Since the recommendation to refrain from social contacts, the Swiss are turning to e-dating so that they don't have to miss out on exciting encounters despite social distancing - initially only in virtual space, of course.

Making friends despite social distancing

Everyday life has changed drastically from one day to the next: Instead of business meetings and coffee with friends, it's now home schooling and working from home. For singles and single mothers in particular, the sudden loss of social contact can be frustrating. Current figures from TheCasualLounge.ch now show that dating life has shifted to the virtual world since the lockdown in Switzerland.

"We are currently seeing a huge increase in female users. Between homeschooling, work and housework, they are looking for a change and can get to know men and plan dates for the future despite physical isolation - safe dating, so to speak," says Heinz Laumann, founder of TheCasualLounge.ch. A longer period of getting to know each other in a virtual space can also be exciting: "For the time being, you get to know each other through words and can build up the tension - a preprogrammed mental movie. "As soon as the situation is safe again, the new acquaintances can meet up for a real date," says Laumann.

His article "Hey! Ueli!" is published on May 17, 2019 in the daily newspaper La Liberté appeared. In total, more than 200 caricatures by 50 Swiss press illustrators were up for selection, the "Gezeichnet" organizers wrote in a media release on Friday.

Other places were taken by Christof Biedermann (for "Der Petwal" in the magazine Reformed), Gabriel Giger (Valais Messenger) and Ruedi Widmer (Tages-Anzeiger). The 13th edition of "Drawn" will open again on December 11, 2020 at the Museum of Communication in Bern. (SDA)

The Bernese woman, who lives in Zug, comes from the Aargauer newspaperwhere she has been working since the middle of last year. As a result of the merger of the Image division at CH Media, she was transferred from the Lucerne Newspaper to Aarau for the AZ came to us. Between 2011 and 2014, she managed the Freshfocus photo agency. A trained photolithographer with a degree in image science, she has many years of experience in visual design and the multimedia transformation of media.

In a multimedia daily routine, the proximity between the visual and the written is indispensable. "Finding the right balance between manager, motivator and colleague is challenging, instructive and exciting at the same time," says Mischler. She will take up the position at Wankdorf in Bern by mid-2020 at the latest.

The first ten weeks of 2020 have dramatically changed life for virtually every country and almost every person. COVID-19 has the world in its grip - people are moving to home office, the virus is dominating the news, upending financial markets and having a dramatic impact on industries from travel to healthcare to hospitality. Mobile is no exception. App Annie has taken a look at apps for business, education, gaming, social, finance and dating and shows how media consumption is evolving.

Time spent on the cell phone increases enormously

Overall, daily smartphone use has risen significantly in the most affected countries. In China, consumers spent an average of 5 hours a day on their cell phones in February during the crisis, an increase of 30% compared to the 2019 average. In Italy, the figure rose by 11%, i.e. to 2.7 hours a day.

Office and educational apps: doubling the duration of use

The amount of time Chinese people spend using office apps has doubled since the lockdown and the associated social distancing policy. Before the outbreak, it was around 10 hours a week, after the outbreak around 20 hours.

The most popular apps included Huawei Cloud WeLink, DingTalk and Zoom Cloud Meetings. In the week starting February 23, around 761,000 downloads of office apps were made in the App Store and on Google Play in Italy, an increase of 135 percent compared to the average of the previous 52 weeks.

Gaming: China records growth of 80 percent

Game downloads also rose rapidly. In China, there was an 80% increase in February compared to the average from the previous year.

Social media and entertainment apps: alone together

In China, TikTok recorded an increase in average time per user and total time spent on the app on Android phones after the first COVID-19 outbreak. In total, users spent more than 3 billion hours on the app in the week starting March 1, 2020. A 130% increase compared to the weekly average in 2019.

Fintech apps: Usage time in Japan doubles

The economic instability of the stock market has also led to an increase in the use of fintech apps. Weekly usage in Japan, for example, has increased by more than half since the end of December. In Italy, South Korea, China, the United States and Germany, a double-digit percentage increase can also be observed.

Dating: online flirting remains popular 

Within dating apps, users can still actively exchange information without meeting in person. After Valentine's Day, the use of dating apps in the United States declined. However, this observation can be made every year.