Grenzland Zeitung is not coming after all
On Wednesday, the relaunch of the *Grenzland Zeitung* was announced. Just one day later, the initiative’s founder, Ulrich Glausen, called off the plan. Apparently, a dispute over the name arose with a German publishing house.
The relaunch of the Grenzland Zeitung was announced on Wednesday. From June 23, it was to report on the regions of Schaffhausen, Rafzerfeld, Klettgau, Jestetter-Zipfel and Hohentengen (see ). On Thursday, the whole exercise was called off: A terse three-line communiqué stated that the Neue Grenzland Zeitung project would be buried "due to unresolved copyright issues". When asked by Werbewoche, initiator Ulrich Glausen did not want to explain in detail exactly what these issues were. However, he did let slip that the name was one of the issues. And that the other party is the German publishing house that bought the online platform Grenzlandzeitung.com around a year ago. Glausen assured Werbewoche on Wednesday that he had no idea that this could lead to copyright problems. However, the unresolved issues appear to be no small matter if the entire project is now scrapped. The online platform Neuegrenzlandzeitung.com was already offline by midday on Thursday.
"It's possible that I'll make another attempt at some point under a different name and with a new concept," says the publisher who has been stopped. For now, however, he wants to take stock of the situation "and find out who is to blame for this misery". Although he is keeping his head down to the outside world, Glausen's displeasure at "a lot of money being wasted" was clearly noticeable.
"It's possible that I'll make another attempt at some point under a different name and with a new concept," says the publisher who has been stopped. For now, however, he wants to take stock of the situation "and find out who is to blame for this misery". Although he is keeping his head down to the outside world, Glausen's displeasure at "a lot of money being wasted" was clearly noticeable.
