Peter Studer is skeptical about free newspapers
On Wednesday, Peter Studer, the outgoing president of the Swiss Press Council, criticized the role of the four free newspapers in German-speaking Switzerland during the «Tagesgespräch» program on Radio DRS. He said they could cause an entire generation to turn away from quality newspapers.
The outgoing President of the Swiss Press Council, Peter Studer, criticized the role of the four free newspapers in German-speaking Switzerland on Wednesday's "Tagesgespräch" on Radio DRS. He sees the risk that the young generation will turn away from subscription and quality newspapers because of the free newspapers. The declining circulation figures of the subscription newspapers point to this. According to SDA, Studer does not see any major differences between the four titles 20 Minuten, .ch, Heute and News, which has been published since Wednesday. In addition, "the essentials are missing: Backgrounds and comments". Overall, they risked little in terms of content, and he could get pure news more quickly elsewhere. He also points out that a lot of money is being burned in the cut-throat competition between the newspapers. In his role as President of the Press Council, Studer, who is stepping down at the end of the year, had little to do with the free newspapers. There were sometimes complaints because they were too offensive when naming names in court reports.
