Somedia and Tamedia found Linth-Zeitung
Advertising opportunities remain available
Urs Zweifel, currently head of the Gaster & See regional editorial office of Südostschweiz, will take over as editor-in-chief. The Linth-Zeitung will obtain its supra-regional cover from Südostschweiz and will also receive content, particularly on the canton of Zurich, from the Zürichsee-Zeitung The new daily newspaper will be published by a joint subsidiary of the media companies Somedia and Tamedia. Somedia will hold 51 percent of the company based in Rapperswil-Jona, Tamedia 49 percent. The Obersee edition of the Zürichsee-Zeitung and the See & Gaster edition of the Südostschweiz will be published for the last time on September 29, and readers of both newspapers will automatically receive the Linth-Zeitung, which will be published with a circulation of around 10,000 copies, from October 1. The two large-circulation newspapers, which are currently published once a week, will be transferred to the large-circulation Linth-Zeitung, which will also be published weekly on Tuesdays. The established, attractive and regionally oriented advertising opportunities will remain in place. In addition, it will be possible to benefit from combinations with the two newspaper families of Südostschweiz and Zürichsee-Zeitung.
