The Burgdorf Saturday paper is to become a gazette supplement

The project of a second free newspaper
for Burgdorf and the surrounding area takes a new turn. The Burgdorf
Samstagsblatt was launched as an alternative to the
Free publication from Burgdorfer Tagblatt and Aemme Zytig launched,
was on the brink of collapse in September, however, when the
cooperative, only 150 share certificates were issued instead of the required 1000.
subscribed, plus 70 patrons. Now there are efforts to ensure that the
Samstagsblatt the weekly official gazette of the Burgdorf region
is to be settled, as reported by the daily newspaper Der Bund. With the
The publisher of the Anzeiger, Anzeiger Region Burgdorf AG, is, according to
Samstagsblatt President Res Zbinden talks underway. The
Cooperative members of his planned newspaper also agree.
Since the
Anzeiger is published on Thursday, the paper would have to be renamed.
be realized. According to the President of Anzeiger AG, Markus Grimm, the
discussions have so far been of a rather informal nature, in November the
matter before the Board of Directors. The Anzeiger had participated in a
concept for a separate supplement, which, in addition to the paid
community and association information provided for a free editorial section.
"A cooperation with the Samstagsblatt could be interesting for us here.
", Grimm is quoted as saying in the Bund. A personal entanglement
would have to be solved first, however: Grimm also belongs to the
Board of Directors of Burgdorfer Tagblatt AG, which publishes the Aemme Zytig
publishes. If the supplement materializes, Grimm would withdraw from the
withdraw from the board.