News: Ringier expands in Hungary
The Ringier media group acquires the Hungarian publishing house Magyar Hirlap Rt, a subsidiary of Marquard-Media AG.
The Ringier media group acquires the Hungarian publishing house Magyar Hirlap Rt., a subsidiary of Marquard-Media AG.News Ringier expands in Hungary
He thus becomes the new publisher of Hungary's second-largest tabloid newspaper, Mai Nap, and the quality newspaper Magyar Hirlap, as well as the owner of a printing plant. Ringier was already the market leader in Hungary in the tabloid sector with the daily Blikk and its Sunday edition Vasarnapi Blikk. The total circulation of Ringier newspapers in Hungary after the latest acquisition is over 300000 copies. In the future, Swiss publisher Jürg Marquard wants to concentrate on the magazine business in Hungary.
La Quotidiana withdraws notices of terminationThe Engadine editorial staff of the Rhaeto-Romanic daily La Quotidiana will not be laid off. The Südostschweiz media group withdrew the layoffs it had announced in early November. The reason for the planned dismissal was that the federal government was opposed to subsidizing La Quotidiana. The canton of Graubünden then set up a working group with the aim of drawing up proposals for improving the distribution of the Romansh press. As a first result, two of the three Engadin editors can stay with La Quotidiana, the third will be taken over by the Rhaeto-Romanic news agency Agentura da novitads rumantscha.
The Bund expands local section The Bund starts on Saturday with an expanded local section focusing on urban centers. Instead, the regional edition Biel/Seeland will be abandoned, as reported by the Bieler Tagblatt. The editorial office in Biel, however, will remain. For reporting on Thun and Bern, the local editorial staff has been increased by 4.4 positions. Project manager Marc Lettau explained that the Bund wants to offer more reading material for the entire urban-minded public in the canton. The intention is to position itself more strongly on the Aare axis Biel-Bern-Thun. This is a reaction to the concentration in the Bernese Oberland and the commuter newspapers.
AZ Medien invests in printingAZ Grafische Betriebe AG has begun construction of a new, CHF 10 million distribution center in Aarau. AZ Newspaper Printing says the investment will allow it to increase its mailing capacity to over 35,000 newspapers per hour. Performance and flexibility in the inserting area will also be increased. The equipment, supplied by Muller Martini, Zofingen, is scheduled for installation in May 2001.
He thus becomes the new publisher of Hungary's second-largest tabloid newspaper, Mai Nap, and the quality newspaper Magyar Hirlap, as well as the owner of a printing plant. Ringier was already the market leader in Hungary in the tabloid sector with the daily Blikk and its Sunday edition Vasarnapi Blikk. The total circulation of Ringier newspapers in Hungary after the latest acquisition is over 300000 copies. In the future, Swiss publisher Jürg Marquard wants to concentrate on the magazine business in Hungary.
La Quotidiana withdraws notices of terminationThe Engadine editorial staff of the Rhaeto-Romanic daily La Quotidiana will not be laid off. The Südostschweiz media group withdrew the layoffs it had announced in early November. The reason for the planned dismissal was that the federal government was opposed to subsidizing La Quotidiana. The canton of Graubünden then set up a working group with the aim of drawing up proposals for improving the distribution of the Romansh press. As a first result, two of the three Engadin editors can stay with La Quotidiana, the third will be taken over by the Rhaeto-Romanic news agency Agentura da novitads rumantscha.
The Bund expands local section The Bund starts on Saturday with an expanded local section focusing on urban centers. Instead, the regional edition Biel/Seeland will be abandoned, as reported by the Bieler Tagblatt. The editorial office in Biel, however, will remain. For reporting on Thun and Bern, the local editorial staff has been increased by 4.4 positions. Project manager Marc Lettau explained that the Bund wants to offer more reading material for the entire urban-minded public in the canton. The intention is to position itself more strongly on the Aare axis Biel-Bern-Thun. This is a reaction to the concentration in the Bernese Oberland and the commuter newspapers.
AZ Medien invests in printingAZ Grafische Betriebe AG has begun construction of a new, CHF 10 million distribution center in Aarau. AZ Newspaper Printing says the investment will allow it to increase its mailing capacity to over 35,000 newspapers per hour. Performance and flexibility in the inserting area will also be increased. The equipment, supplied by Muller Martini, Zofingen, is scheduled for installation in May 2001.
