Fax: Radio 32: second program coming
The Federal Council has granted the Solothurn-based regional station Radio 32 a license for a second channel.
The Federal Council has granted the Solothurn regional station Radio 32 the license for a second program.Fax Radio 32: second program coming
Radio 32 Goldies, with a music focus on the sixties, seventies and eighties, is to be broadcast via cable in 2001, but according to Radio 32, Cablecom does not want to put the program on because of frequency shortages.
Ticino press on the move The left-wing Ticino weekly Area is getting competition. Trade unionist Giuseppe Sergi is launching a bi-monthly newspaper under the name Solidarietà. It appeared for the first time last Friday, with a circulation of 3500 copies. Solidarietà needs few resources, since all the authors work on a voluntary basis. With 1000 subscribers, the new magazine can finance itself, according to Sergi.
Close-up and Kult expandCinema magazine Close-up and trend magazine Kult are expanding their offerings next year. Close-up expands
the editorial team and introduces new sections such as "Making of" and "Background. Kult will be published eleven times a year instead of ten.
Demonstration for wage increaseAbout 200 employees of the Edipresse publishing group in western Switzerland demonstrated in Geneva and Lausanne. Journalists and printing staff generally demanded four percent more pay. They are demanding the rapid commencement of wage negotiations and systematic compensation for inflation. Paul Miskiewicz, General Director of Edipresse Switzerland, expressed his lack of understanding for the action. He said the company was complying with the collective labor agreement for journalists and the agreement for printing staff.
Newspaper beats web in job searchWeb users prefer to look in the newspaper than on the web. This is the result of a study by the consumer research company Pro Active International. Although 66 percent of the European Internet users surveyed said they use the Web when looking for a job, as many as 73 percent use newspapers. But as many as 73 percent of users reach for the newspaper. They look for information about potential employers on the web.
Partnerwinner with Version RomandeThe Tamedia contact platform Partnerwinner is expanding into French-speaking Switzerland. The new offering was launched under the name "rencontres" as a channel of the Bluewin portal in French-speaking Switzerland. In 2001, the remaining online platforms in the Winner family are also to be launched in French-speaking Switzerland.
Hanspeter Spörri Bund Editor-in-ChiefThe former Deputy Editor-in-Chief Hanspeter Spörri will take over the management of the Bernese daily newspaper Der Bund in 2001. He replaces the previous Editor-in-Chief Konrad Stamm, who is stepping down after six years for personal reasons. Stamm will take up a new position as journalistic advisor in the Regional Newspapers Division of the NZZ Group.
Edipresse now boss at SwissimoThe three founding companies of the real estate database Swissimo (www.swissimo.ch) reallocate their shares. Lausanne-based publishing group Edipresse increases its stake from 24 to 55 percent, while real estate broker de Rahm reduces its share from 52 to 20 percent. Publigroupe holds 25 percent. Swissimo also wants to make its real estate and housing offering accessible to the general public. Investments of four million francs are planned for this purpose. Until now, Swissimo has been aimed exclusively at business customers.
"Kassensturz" relaunches websiteThe consumer program "Kassensturz" has renovated its online presence. The new website (www.kassensturz.ch) is intended to encourage viewer feedback and cooperation. Comments and suggestions via e-mail, forums and surveys contribute to this. In addition, information about the next program can be called up via SMS. The contributions to a program can then be viewed as real-player films. The redesign was realized by the Zurich web agency Chili Solutions.
Radio 32 Goldies, with a music focus on the sixties, seventies and eighties, is to be broadcast via cable in 2001, but according to Radio 32, Cablecom does not want to put the program on because of frequency shortages.
Ticino press on the move The left-wing Ticino weekly Area is getting competition. Trade unionist Giuseppe Sergi is launching a bi-monthly newspaper under the name Solidarietà. It appeared for the first time last Friday, with a circulation of 3500 copies. Solidarietà needs few resources, since all the authors work on a voluntary basis. With 1000 subscribers, the new magazine can finance itself, according to Sergi.
Close-up and Kult expandCinema magazine Close-up and trend magazine Kult are expanding their offerings next year. Close-up expands
the editorial team and introduces new sections such as "Making of" and "Background. Kult will be published eleven times a year instead of ten.
Demonstration for wage increaseAbout 200 employees of the Edipresse publishing group in western Switzerland demonstrated in Geneva and Lausanne. Journalists and printing staff generally demanded four percent more pay. They are demanding the rapid commencement of wage negotiations and systematic compensation for inflation. Paul Miskiewicz, General Director of Edipresse Switzerland, expressed his lack of understanding for the action. He said the company was complying with the collective labor agreement for journalists and the agreement for printing staff.
Newspaper beats web in job searchWeb users prefer to look in the newspaper than on the web. This is the result of a study by the consumer research company Pro Active International. Although 66 percent of the European Internet users surveyed said they use the Web when looking for a job, as many as 73 percent use newspapers. But as many as 73 percent of users reach for the newspaper. They look for information about potential employers on the web.
Partnerwinner with Version RomandeThe Tamedia contact platform Partnerwinner is expanding into French-speaking Switzerland. The new offering was launched under the name "rencontres" as a channel of the Bluewin portal in French-speaking Switzerland. In 2001, the remaining online platforms in the Winner family are also to be launched in French-speaking Switzerland.
Hanspeter Spörri Bund Editor-in-ChiefThe former Deputy Editor-in-Chief Hanspeter Spörri will take over the management of the Bernese daily newspaper Der Bund in 2001. He replaces the previous Editor-in-Chief Konrad Stamm, who is stepping down after six years for personal reasons. Stamm will take up a new position as journalistic advisor in the Regional Newspapers Division of the NZZ Group.
Edipresse now boss at SwissimoThe three founding companies of the real estate database Swissimo (www.swissimo.ch) reallocate their shares. Lausanne-based publishing group Edipresse increases its stake from 24 to 55 percent, while real estate broker de Rahm reduces its share from 52 to 20 percent. Publigroupe holds 25 percent. Swissimo also wants to make its real estate and housing offering accessible to the general public. Investments of four million francs are planned for this purpose. Until now, Swissimo has been aimed exclusively at business customers.
"Kassensturz" relaunches websiteThe consumer program "Kassensturz" has renovated its online presence. The new website (www.kassensturz.ch) is intended to encourage viewer feedback and cooperation. Comments and suggestions via e-mail, forums and surveys contribute to this. In addition, information about the next program can be called up via SMS. The contributions to a program can then be viewed as real-player films. The redesign was realized by the Zurich web agency Chili Solutions.
