Berner Zeitung plans to dissolve business and culture sections

The Berner Zeitung is planning a partial reorganization whereby business and culture will no longer be separate sections of the newspaper. Economic and cultural topics will now be placed on the national or regional pages, depending on whether the news is of interest to the whole of Switzerland or only locally. The aim is to give the newspaper a more reliable structure, according to SDA editor-in-chief Michael Hug. The fragmented departmental structures are to be broken up in order to improve cooperation between the subject areas. The newspaper should have a stable appearance across all editions and be tailored to the audience interested in the respective regional sections. However, the time of implementation is not yet clear, nor has the final word been spoken. No jobs are to be lost.