News: Romandie.com plans free newspaper
The French-speaking Swiss web portal Romandie.com plans to expand into print media.
The French-speaking Swiss web portal Romandie.com wants to expand into the print media.NewsRomandie plans free newspaper Co-founder Stéphane Pictet told the Sunday newspaper dimanche.ch that they are planning a free weekly newspaper and are looking for a partner "close to our culture and size". Translated, this means: neither Ringier nor Edipresse or Hersant. Romandie.com claims to be the most visited portal in French-speaking Switzerland with 750000 visits per month and is in the black.
Ringier moves to Beobachter positions The Ringier media house has officially announced the recruitment of renegade Beobachter employees Ivo Bachmann and Philippe Ruedin. They will join the Ringier publishing house on October 1. Editor-in-chief Bachmann and consulting center manager Ruedin left the Beobachter at the end of March in protest against the takeover of Jean Frey AG by a group of investors. At Ringier, they will play a key role in the development of a new consumer magazine.
Ringier Romania, which already publishes the market leader TVmania, is taking over the titles TV Satelit and Tele Magazin from RIP Impex Srl. Ringier Romania also publishes the daily newspaper Libertatea and the Sunday newspaper Libertatea Sunday, the business magazine Capital, the women's titles Unica and Lumea Femeilor and, with the German Bauer publishing group, the youth magazine Bravo.
Boom in Chur The Südostschweiz Media Group in Chur increased its turnover in 2001 by 9.2 million or 7% to around 139 million francs. Net profit amounted to CHF 3.1 million, compared to around CHF 5 million in the previous year. Subscription and newspaper sales rose by 5.5%, advertising revenues by 1.7%. Growth of just under 16% was achieved in the print business. In the electronic media segment, sales climbed by 54TP3T.
Ringier moves to Beobachter positions The Ringier media house has officially announced the recruitment of renegade Beobachter employees Ivo Bachmann and Philippe Ruedin. They will join the Ringier publishing house on October 1. Editor-in-chief Bachmann and consulting center manager Ruedin left the Beobachter at the end of March in protest against the takeover of Jean Frey AG by a group of investors. At Ringier, they will play a key role in the development of a new consumer magazine.
Ringier Romania, which already publishes the market leader TVmania, is taking over the titles TV Satelit and Tele Magazin from RIP Impex Srl. Ringier Romania also publishes the daily newspaper Libertatea and the Sunday newspaper Libertatea Sunday, the business magazine Capital, the women's titles Unica and Lumea Femeilor and, with the German Bauer publishing group, the youth magazine Bravo.
Boom in Chur The Südostschweiz Media Group in Chur increased its turnover in 2001 by 9.2 million or 7% to around 139 million francs. Net profit amounted to CHF 3.1 million, compared to around CHF 5 million in the previous year. Subscription and newspaper sales rose by 5.5%, advertising revenues by 1.7%. Growth of just under 16% was achieved in the print business. In the electronic media segment, sales climbed by 54TP3T.
