Island of the Unlucky
Editorial by Oliver Classen on critical global scale and little Switzerland.
Oliver Classen on critical global size and small Switzerland.America, you've got it better! This
certainty of Goethe, from whom the exclamation originates, has long since become the
ideological trench warfare between liberalists and statists and U-
and e-cultural mutated. We can only take the associated
questions, but at least they know: For
For major publishers and their employees, America is now the land of the
unlimited existential struggles.
The new enemies of the US press are the survivors of the old Internet euphoria. What Yahoo,
Google and AOL missed out at the end of the 90s with their portal philosophy
they now want to catch up - and go from mere web to veritable
media brands. This development has continued with the conquest of the
The new classifieds business has been announced economically and continues in the content
business is currently continuing. Yahoo made the start with the commitment
well-known columnists and war correspondents. Others will follow
in the systematic development of journalistic competence.
Under these circumstances, it is only logical that the Big Three are now
The company is said to be involved in soundings in the publishing industry. At the center of the
Takeover speculation is focused on their home market. But also
Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner justifies his TV acquisition plans
This is the only way to achieve that critical mass,
which protects him from Google's publishing ambitions.
Such fears would sound ridiculous coming from a Swiss person.
Fortunately for global players, our regional language media markets are
not even "peanuts". The grace of provinciality redeems the (even yes
Swiss publishing houses, some of which are very internationally oriented
not from the pressure to innovate. A trend that has been recognized by the
ghost haunting the local publishing landscape is the one on page 13
evaluated daily magazine. With another, also bi-media
concept is being launched by the Wall Street Journal Europe these days
(see page 16). So there is no lack of ideas, but there is a lack of
Pioneering spirit. In this respect, too, Internet companies
learn a lot.
certainty of Goethe, from whom the exclamation originates, has long since become the
ideological trench warfare between liberalists and statists and U-
and e-cultural mutated. We can only take the associated
questions, but at least they know: For
For major publishers and their employees, America is now the land of the
unlimited existential struggles.
The new enemies of the US press are the survivors of the old Internet euphoria. What Yahoo,
Google and AOL missed out at the end of the 90s with their portal philosophy
they now want to catch up - and go from mere web to veritable
media brands. This development has continued with the conquest of the
The new classifieds business has been announced economically and continues in the content
business is currently continuing. Yahoo made the start with the commitment
well-known columnists and war correspondents. Others will follow
in the systematic development of journalistic competence.
Under these circumstances, it is only logical that the Big Three are now
The company is said to be involved in soundings in the publishing industry. At the center of the
Takeover speculation is focused on their home market. But also
Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner justifies his TV acquisition plans
This is the only way to achieve that critical mass,
which protects him from Google's publishing ambitions.
Such fears would sound ridiculous coming from a Swiss person.
Fortunately for global players, our regional language media markets are
not even "peanuts". The grace of provinciality redeems the (even yes
Swiss publishing houses, some of which are very internationally oriented
not from the pressure to innovate. A trend that has been recognized by the
ghost haunting the local publishing landscape is the one on page 13
evaluated daily magazine. With another, also bi-media
concept is being launched by the Wall Street Journal Europe these days
(see page 16). So there is no lack of ideas, but there is a lack of
Pioneering spirit. In this respect, too, Internet companies
learn a lot.
Oliver Classen, Editor
