No orders from Zurich

Sunday edition The Neue Luzerner Zeitung examines all options. "Nonsense!" This is how Erwin Bachmann, Delegate of the Board of Directors of LZ Medien Holding, commented on an article in Cash daily a week ago. It stated that the Neue Luzerner Zeitung (NLZ) had been told off by its majority shareholder, the NZZ, because the NLZ wanted to acquire a stake in the Sunday edition of the Mittelland Zeitung. Bachmann clarifies: "Nothing about this is true." Especially not that the NZZ had given orders. "How could it - with just two representatives on the ten-member Board of Directors," he says. What is true, however, is that Neue LZ is examining how it can position itself in the interesting Sunday market. Several options are still being considered, including a cooperation with the Mittelland Zeitung. However, no decisions have yet been made. Bachmann emphasized that there was no time pressure, but he expressly did not rule out a decision before the summer vacations.