St. Galler Tagblatt summarizes local sections
As of March 31, the St. Galler Tagblatt will be published with one regular edition instead of three local editions.
Three days after the Tages-Anzeiger, the St. Galler Tagblatt is also announcing a restructuring of its regional reporting: but unlike the Zurich paper, the St. Galler Tagblatt will publish a joint main edition from March 31 instead of three local editions (for St. Gallen, Gossau and Rorschach). This is expected to reach 80,000 readers with content from the three regions. The locations of the editorial offices and their size will remain the same. According to an article by Editor-in-Chief Gottlieb F. Höpli in Thursday's edition, the reason for the new local section is the changing needs of readers. Municipalities and towns are growing ever closer together; people no longer live in the same place as they work. As a result, St. Galler Tagblatt readers want more information about the entire region, as confirmed by a survey conducted by the newspaper. The new local edition is intended to provide a view of the entire agglomeration and is expected to comprise 16 pages. There are no plans to reduce the existing content.
