Confederation and BZ have to lose ground again
The Espace Media Groupe has ordered its two daily daily newspapers a new round of savings.
Espace Media Groupe has given its two
daily newspapers have ordered a new round of savings. At the Berner Zeitung
(BZ) and the Confederation will each cut four jobs, as the NZZ am
Sonntag reports. Publishing Director Franziska von Weissenfluh
justified the reduction with a further decline in advertisements in the
both sheets by around 10 % since the beginning of the year.
Speaking to the SDA news agency, von Weissenfluh specified that it was
each by three to four positions. In view of the overall size of the
editorial offices (around 100 positions at the BZ and 65 at the Confederation) are
This is a small reduction. Bund editor-in-chief Hanspeter Spörri said
to the SDA that he wanted to try to make the cuts without layoffs.
to implement reductions in workload. However, it is not easy, after years
to continue in this direction with various rounds of savings.
BZ editor-in-chief Andreas Z'Graggen explained that two people have already been
were made redundant in June. By the end of the year, there will also be
one dismissal and two reductions in workload.
Fears that the decline in advertising will sooner or later lead to the end of the
of the "Bern model", the commercial cooperation between the FC and the Confederation in
separate editorial offices, the
The publishing managers were only half-hearted in their response. Von Weissenfluh said
SDA that the current downsizing has nothing to do with the Bern model.
The model will continue "as long as there is a market for it
is". Beat Lauber from the Bund shareholder Neue Zürcher Zeitung
stated that the NZZ would participate in the paper "as long as it was of interest to them".
is responsible". With the current members of the Board of Directors
The figures presented for the Bern model were satisfactory.
In fact, the two sheets together were able to
advertising sales by a quarter, and the previously loss-making Bund
achieved black figures. (sm)
daily newspapers have ordered a new round of savings. At the Berner Zeitung
(BZ) and the Confederation will each cut four jobs, as the NZZ am
Sonntag reports. Publishing Director Franziska von Weissenfluh
justified the reduction with a further decline in advertisements in the
both sheets by around 10 % since the beginning of the year.
Speaking to the SDA news agency, von Weissenfluh specified that it was
each by three to four positions. In view of the overall size of the
editorial offices (around 100 positions at the BZ and 65 at the Confederation) are
This is a small reduction. Bund editor-in-chief Hanspeter Spörri said
to the SDA that he wanted to try to make the cuts without layoffs.
to implement reductions in workload. However, it is not easy, after years
to continue in this direction with various rounds of savings.
BZ editor-in-chief Andreas Z'Graggen explained that two people have already been
were made redundant in June. By the end of the year, there will also be
one dismissal and two reductions in workload.
Fears that the decline in advertising will sooner or later lead to the end of the
of the "Bern model", the commercial cooperation between the FC and the Confederation in
separate editorial offices, the
The publishing managers were only half-hearted in their response. Von Weissenfluh said
SDA that the current downsizing has nothing to do with the Bern model.
The model will continue "as long as there is a market for it
is". Beat Lauber from the Bund shareholder Neue Zürcher Zeitung
stated that the NZZ would participate in the paper "as long as it was of interest to them".
is responsible". With the current members of the Board of Directors
The figures presented for the Bern model were satisfactory.
In fact, the two sheets together were able to
advertising sales by a quarter, and the previously loss-making Bund
achieved black figures. (sm)
