The daily newspaper La Quotidiana has been saved for the time being for one year
The struggling Romansh daily newspaper La Quotidiana will definitely continue to be published in 2018. Four partners have raised 200,000 Swiss francs to ensure the survival of the only daily newspaper in the fourth national language for an interim year.
In addition to the umbrella organization of the Romansh language associations, the Lia Rumantscha, the federal government, the canton of Graubünden and the Romansh news agency ANR are contributing equal shares to the financial injection. The parties involved are each contributing CHF 50,000 to ensure that La Quotidiana continues to be published. This was announced by Lia Rumantscha President Johannes Flury on Thursday in Chur.
The publication of the paper has been in question since last March. At that time, the Chur-based media company Somedia announced that it would only cover the deficit in newspaper production until the end of 2017. Since then, a solution has been feverishly sought at various levels for the paper, which was founded 20 years ago with a circulation of 6000 copies came onto the market. The circulation has since fallen to 4,000 subscribed newspapers a day.
Medias rumantschas 2019
Of the CHF 200,000 raised, CHF 150,000 will go directly towards maintaining the daily newspaper. The other 50,000 francs will be used for a future project. Medias rumantschas 2019 is the name of it.
The project will start at the beginning of September under the auspices of the Lia Rumantscha with the aim of developing a suitable future media offering in Romansh. All Romansh-language media are involved, and the result should be a concept that includes both printed and digital formats. Part of the project is to analyze the current state of the Romansh media landscape.
The opinion of customers is also in demand. To this end, a professional opinion survey is to be conducted among consumers. Concrete ideas from the project management should be on the table by fall 2018. (SDA)
