Bernerbär: Reorganization and job cuts
The weekly newspaper Bernerbär will be more closely integrated into the organizational structure of the other media outlets in the BZ Berner Zeitungs family. Editor-in-Chief Jean-Claude Galli is leaving the company. Five jobs are expected to be cut.
This was announced by the media company Tamedia on Tuesday. A social plan will be applied to all those affected. The current Bernerbär team consists of 15 people. The goal of the restructuring is an increased exchange within the Berner newspaper family in the areas of culture, event and people reporting. The collaboration affects the editorial teams in particular, said Michele Paparone of tamedia's corporate communications department when asked. In the future, the journalists will work for both Bernerbär and the BZ family.
In terms of content, the Bernerbär will remain a people newspaper, according to Paparone. The exchange of articles under the titles is not planned. However, the layout of Bernerbär will be brought closer to that of the BZ family. In addition, the Bernerbär publishing house will be integrated into the Espace Media marketing organization, according to the tamedia announcement. Espace Media publishes the daily newspapers Berner Zeitung, Berner Oberländer, Thuner Tagblatt and Der Bund, as well as the free newspapers Bantiger Post and "Bernerbär". The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of tamedia.
The free paper Bernerbär has been published since the early 1980s and is devoted in particular to local tabloid journalism. Events, people stories and news from the Bernese rumor mill make up a good part of the paper. The paper sees itself as an entertaining companion for all age groups. Since 2011, the Bernerbär has been headed by Jean-Claude Galli. Galli had already worked at the Bernerbär from 2000 to 2007 and then again from 2010. (SDA)
