The daily week is launched

Tageswoche reports daily online on what is happening in the greater Basel area and what is of national and international importance. And it is published every Friday as a printed newspaper with background and analysis. The newspaper project has met with lively interest - also internationally - and has been launched with a great deal of goodwill from the population, according to a press release. More than 5,000 subscriptions had already been taken out before the launch.

The weekly newspaper is published in a format that is new for Switzerland (half Rhine, 26×36 cm). The first issue comprises 64 pages and has an initial circulation of over 100,000 copies. The Online version offers news and information as well as numerous opportunities for readers to participate and network.

Urs Buess and Remo Leupin will share the editorial management of the new medium. Buess previously worked as deputy editor-in-chief of the Basler Zeitung (Baz), while Leupin was a member of the Beobachter editorial team. Tobias Faust is the managing director of Tageswoche. In total, the Team The publication employs around thirty permanent and part-time employees in the publishing and editorial departments. All of them work for both the printed and electronic editions.

"Intensive dialog with readers"

In terms of content, Tageswoche reports on "everything that moves the Basel region, Switzerland and the world", as co-editorial director Urs Buess explains: "Tageswoche produces innovative quality journalism and maintains an intensive dialog with readers using the latest technological means." Remo Leupin, his colleague on the editorial board, adds: "We know that the days when journalists had a monopoly, so to speak, on disseminating information and opinions are over. The media world has become more complex; new media such as Facebook, Twitter and co. show that there is a great need to express oneself." Tageswoche therefore also wants to offer "plenty of space for all those who want to spread news and express their opinions".

Tageswoche is published by Neue Medien Basel AG. The Basel lawyer Thomas Gelzer and - as Chairman - the media consultant and former Beobachter and Baz editor-in-chief Ivo Bachmann, who played a key role in the launch and development of the project with his consulting firm Bachmann Medien, are members of the Board of Directors. The sole owner of Neue Medien Basel AG is the Foundation for Media Diversity in Basel. This was established last April with funds from the Levedo Foundation set up by Beatrice Oeri and is committed to a diverse media offering and an open, tolerant society. The foundation is chaired by Basel lawyer Andreas Miescher. The foundation board also includes Basel hotelier Franz-Xaver Leonhardt and entrepreneur and director Nicolas Ryhiner. The Tageswoche was developed in a process lasting several months. The design concept was created by Berlin designers Matthias Last and Manuel Bürger. The editorial system and online technology were developed by Sourcefabric, an open source organization based in Prague. The newspaper is printed by Zehnder Print in Wil SG.