"Project R": new digital magazine to launch in early 2018

While Swiss publishers and media managers meet at the traditional Epiphany Conference on January 10, the baby of the Swiss press crawls into the public eye. Project R introduces its start-up crew - and moves into three rooms in Zurich's Hotel Rothaus as its headquarters. For months, the Project R set-up crew, together with their accomplices in the background, have been working on the company form, the editorial concept, the development of the crowdfunding platform, IT development, positioning, pricing, etc. Moving into the "hotel rooms" on Langstrasse enables the set-up crew to work together even more intensively in order to drive the project forward within the planned time frame. The days of "only" night work are now over. "The big publishers are leaving journalism. They are rapidly transforming themselves into internet retailers and are no longer investing in journalism," reads a press release. "This is a problem for journalism and a threat to democracy. Now is the time to act. That is why Project R is developing a new business model that is independent of media groups. The aim is to give journalism its role: as a reliable watchdog of democracy. "The following timeframe is planned for the project:January/February 2017Foundation of legal companiesMay/June 2017Crowdfundingfrom summer 2017Structure of the editorial officeBeginning of 2018Start digital magazineFind out more about Project R and the construction crew around Constantin Seibt and Christof Moser at here.