24 heures dissolves its four regional splits
The Lausanne-based Edipresse newspaper *24 heures* is discontinuing its four regional editions and will once again publish a single regional edition featuring news from across the canton. In addition, the newspaper has launched a Saturday supplement at the same time as the *Tribune de Genève*.
The Lausanne newspaper 24 heures is scrapping its four different regional sections and reverting to its previous layout with just one regional section covering the entire canton of Vaud. The split regional reporting had not been crowned with the expected success, 24 heures editor-in-chief Thierry Meyer told SDA on Friday, explaining the changes to his daily newspaper. Readers expect information on the entire canton and not regionally fragmented news.
In addition, 24 heures and the Tribune de Genève have each launched a new Saturday extra with cultural and leisure topics at the same time. 24 heures offers the additional services in an extra bundle, while the Tribune is expanding the Saturday bundle and wants to "make Saturdays more dynamic", as the paper writes. In addition to other reports, the "Genève Rue" section is also being introduced, in which the people of Geneva are told short stories about their streets.
The changes at the two newspapers in French-speaking Switzerland follow those at Le Matin. All three papers belong to the Edipresse media house. In August, Edipresse announced the elimination of 50 jobs. It intends to save CHF 20 million in 2009 and 2010.
In addition, 24 heures and the Tribune de Genève have each launched a new Saturday extra with cultural and leisure topics at the same time. 24 heures offers the additional services in an extra bundle, while the Tribune is expanding the Saturday bundle and wants to "make Saturdays more dynamic", as the paper writes. In addition to other reports, the "Genève Rue" section is also being introduced, in which the people of Geneva are told short stories about their streets.
The changes at the two newspapers in French-speaking Switzerland follow those at Le Matin. All three papers belong to the Edipresse media house. In August, Edipresse announced the elimination of 50 jobs. It intends to save CHF 20 million in 2009 and 2010.
