NZZ Bans NLZ from Collaborating with Wanner
The Neue Luzerner Zeitung (NLZ) wanted to participate in the Sunday edition of the Mittelland Zeitung, but was reined in by its majority shareholder, the NZZ. The Zurich-based publishing house wants to enlist the NLZ for its own Sunday plans.
The Neue Luzerner Zeitung (NLZ) wanted to participate in the Sunday edition of the Mittelland Zeitung, but was reined in by its majority shareholder, the NZZ. Cash Daily reported this on Thursday. According to the report, Mittelland Zeitung publisher Peter Wanner has already approached partners in Bern, Basel, and Lucerne in his search for partners for the Sunday edition. The publisher, AZ Medien Gruppe, neither confirmed nor denied this to Werbewoche. Eva Keller, Head of Corporate Communications, simply stated: «We do not comment on rumors.» The NLZ had
The Mittelland Zeitung was canceled because the NZZ vetoed it, Cash Daily reports. The Zurich-based publishing house owns 51 percent of the NLZ through Freie Presse Holding. The reason for the NZZ’s refusal is reportedly the planned regionalization of the NZZ am Sonntag, which is to be carried out with the help of the NLZ and the St. Galler Tagblatt. The goal is to gain 30,000 new subscribers.
The Mittelland Zeitung was canceled because the NZZ vetoed it, Cash Daily reports. The Zurich-based publishing house owns 51 percent of the NLZ through Freie Presse Holding. The reason for the NZZ’s refusal is reportedly the planned regionalization of the NZZ am Sonntag, which is to be carried out with the help of the NLZ and the St. Galler Tagblatt. The goal is to gain 30,000 new subscribers.
