Schawinski: Legal action against Ringier for defamation and anti-Semitism?
Radio 1 owner Roger Schawinski accuses Energy Zürich, a station owned by the Ringier Group, of damaging his business, defamation, and anti-Semitism. As the *Sonntagszeitung* reports in its latest issue, the issue centers on a presentation that Energy Zürich sent to its advertising clients.
Radio 1 owner Roger Schawinski is accusing the Ringier Group's Energy Zurich station of damaging business, defamation and anti-Semitism. As the Sonntagszeitung reports in its current edition, the case concerns a presentation that Energy Zurich sent to advertising customers. According to the Sonntagspublikation, Schawinski complained to Marc Walder, head of Ringier Switzerland, that the eight-page document used false figures and a photomontage portrayed him as a money-grubbing Jew. The fact that the "leading figure of a competing medium was polemicized" in such an "offensive form" was outrageous.
In the controversial presentation, the listener figures and advertising prices of the two stations are compared in detail: Radio 1, according to the message to the advertising industry, offers poorer value for money than Energy Zurich. Schawinski promises too much. Radio 1 now wants to file a lawsuit against Ringier for violation of the law against unfair competition. Walder, for his part, sees no reason to apologize for the presentation, and he is relaxed about a possible lawsuit.
In the controversial presentation, the listener figures and advertising prices of the two stations are compared in detail: Radio 1, according to the message to the advertising industry, offers poorer value for money than Energy Zurich. Schawinski promises too much. Radio 1 now wants to file a lawsuit against Ringier for violation of the law against unfair competition. Walder, for his part, sees no reason to apologize for the presentation, and he is relaxed about a possible lawsuit.
