Farewell: L'Hebdo involves readers in the last issue
The editorial staff of the French-speaking Swiss weekly magazine Ll'Hebdo invites readers to participate in the latest issue, published on February 2. The editorial office will open its doors on Saturday for a brunch.
All interested parties are invited to the brunch on Saturday between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., as the editor-in-chief Alain Jeannet says in the editorial of the second-to-last issue, which will be published on Thursday, writes. The brunch will take place in the newsroom of L'Hebdo and Le Temps newspaper in Lausanne. All readers will also receive a written offer in the coming days to convert their L'Hebdo subscription into a subscription to Le Temps newspaper, Jeannet added. He called on readers to accept the offer.
The publishing house Ringier Axel Springer Switzerland had announced on Monday that the weekly magazine will be discontinued after 36 years (Werbewoche.ch reported). As a result, 37 employees in the editorial and publishing departments will lose their jobs.
"Media for All" criticizes decision
The title's discontinuation was justified by declining advertising sales and poor economic prospects. The organization "Media for All" criticized the decision on Wednesday. The organization of journalists and filmmakers called on Western Switzerland not to pull up stakes. It called on the cantonal governments to set up a support fund so that the magazine could continue to appear until a new solution was found. (SDA)
