Medienwoche ceases operations at the end of the year
The digital trade magazine Medienwoche will cease operations at the end of 2022, twelve years after its founding. It has not succeeded in generating sufficient revenue from the advertising and reader market, as publisher Thomas Paszti announced on the website on Wednesday.
The cross-subsidization of journalism, as is the case with the Media Week The article says that in today's media world, the fact that this is the case has more to do with idealism and a belief in independent journalism than with standard publishing practice. On the short message service Twitter, the magazine announced it only with the words "That's it.
That's it. https://t.co/cSuRCNU2jD pic.twitter.com/8E23docyVm
- Media Week (@mediaweek) November 9, 2022
Condolences were subsequently expressed on Twitter. Author and journalist Benjamin von Wyl, for example, wrote: "For what shapes and defines me as a journo, nothing is as important as the Media Week. For my life, it is about as important as the Rhine." Longtime journalist and head of the Ringier School of Journalism Peter Hossli wrote, "Thank you, esteemed colleagues. You have done an outstanding job."
The Media Week was, according to its own description, a digital magazine for media, journalism, communication and marketing. In addition to its own editorial work, the "Medienmonitor" twice-weekly recommended readings from national and international media. (SDA)
