Initial reactions to the Tages-Anzeiger-Bund cooperation
The cooperation between the Tages-Anzeiger and the daily newspaper Der Bund has been well received in Bern. However, the resulting job cuts in both editorial offices have caused displeasure at Comedia and Impressum.
The cooperation between the Tages-Anzeiger and the daily newspaper Der Bund has been well received in Bern. However, the resulting job cuts in both editorial offices have caused displeasure at Comedia and Impressum.
Initial reactions from Bern to the cooperation between the Tages-Anzeiger and the Bund have been positive. Werner Luginbühl, member of the Bernese Council of States and Co-President of the "Save the Bund" committee, describes the retention of the title as gratifying. The decisive factor is that a press monopoly has been averted in Bern. However, the committee will not be dissolved. If Tamedia were to dismantle the Bund editorial office piece by piece in future, this would bring the committee back onto the scene.
The fact that 19 jobs will be cut at the editorial office of Der Bund is bitter, according to Councillor Christoph Stalder, also Co-President of the committee. In a statement from the City of Bern, the Mayor of Bern, Alexander Tschäppät, described it as regrettable that jobs will be lost and that Der Bund will not remain fully independent. Nevertheless, Tamedia's decision is a positive one.
The editor-in-chief of the newspaper Der Bund is convinced of the cooperation that the Tages-Anzeiger and the Bund have agreed for the fall. According to Artur K. Vogel, there is no valid alternative to this model. Vogel cannot yet say which editors will be affected by the announced job cuts. First there will be a consultation phase. The regional editorial team will certainly be less affected than other departments, but according to the editor-in-chief of the Bund, it will also be reduced slightly.
Comedia and Impressum reacted less positively to Tamedia's decisions. The plans would mean a reduction of practically a quarter of the workforce at the Tages-Anzeiger and more than a third at the Bund, Comedia said in a press release. The de facto merging of two editorial offices at two locations would mean what critics have been warning about for some time: the newspapers would appear under different titles, but with virtually the same content. Comedia is dismayed by the enormous cutbacks and condemns this further clear-cutting in the editorial offices. In the consultative process, staff have the opportunity to propose measures to avoid or reduce the redundancies or, where redundancies are unavoidable, to cushion their consequences. This requires a social plan that is in line with Tamedia's financial situation.
In a press release, Impressum expresses its dismay at the announced reduction of 19 full-time positions at the Bund editorial office. In favor of economic interests, journalistic independence is thus severely restricted. The preservation of an independent Bund would be financially viable for Tamedia, which is why Impressum is calling on Tamedia to give the Bund a real chance.
Initial reactions from Bern to the cooperation between the Tages-Anzeiger and the Bund have been positive. Werner Luginbühl, member of the Bernese Council of States and Co-President of the "Save the Bund" committee, describes the retention of the title as gratifying. The decisive factor is that a press monopoly has been averted in Bern. However, the committee will not be dissolved. If Tamedia were to dismantle the Bund editorial office piece by piece in future, this would bring the committee back onto the scene.
The fact that 19 jobs will be cut at the editorial office of Der Bund is bitter, according to Councillor Christoph Stalder, also Co-President of the committee. In a statement from the City of Bern, the Mayor of Bern, Alexander Tschäppät, described it as regrettable that jobs will be lost and that Der Bund will not remain fully independent. Nevertheless, Tamedia's decision is a positive one.
The editor-in-chief of the newspaper Der Bund is convinced of the cooperation that the Tages-Anzeiger and the Bund have agreed for the fall. According to Artur K. Vogel, there is no valid alternative to this model. Vogel cannot yet say which editors will be affected by the announced job cuts. First there will be a consultation phase. The regional editorial team will certainly be less affected than other departments, but according to the editor-in-chief of the Bund, it will also be reduced slightly.
Comedia and Impressum reacted less positively to Tamedia's decisions. The plans would mean a reduction of practically a quarter of the workforce at the Tages-Anzeiger and more than a third at the Bund, Comedia said in a press release. The de facto merging of two editorial offices at two locations would mean what critics have been warning about for some time: the newspapers would appear under different titles, but with virtually the same content. Comedia is dismayed by the enormous cutbacks and condemns this further clear-cutting in the editorial offices. In the consultative process, staff have the opportunity to propose measures to avoid or reduce the redundancies or, where redundancies are unavoidable, to cushion their consequences. This requires a social plan that is in line with Tamedia's financial situation.
In a press release, Impressum expresses its dismay at the announced reduction of 19 full-time positions at the Bund editorial office. In favor of economic interests, journalistic independence is thus severely restricted. The preservation of an independent Bund would be financially viable for Tamedia, which is why Impressum is calling on Tamedia to give the Bund a real chance.
