St. Galler Tagblatt with further cost-cutting measures: External editorial offices to be closed
The St. Galler Tagblatt is reducing the size of the newspaper to cut costs. At the end of the year, the daily newspaper will close its branch offices in Frauenfeld and Amriswil.
The St. Galler Tagblatt is reducing the size of its newspaper to save money. The daily newspaper is closing its external editorial offices in Frauenfeld and Amriswil at the end of the year. Tagblatt editor-in-chief Philipp Landmark justified the cost-cutting measures in the Friday edition with the dramatic slump in advertising due to the economic crisis. The losses at the Tagblatt amounted to 25 percent compared to the previous year.
From next week, the Tagblatt with its seven regional editions in St. Gallen, Rorschach, Rheintal, Toggenburg, Wil, Appenzellerland and Thurgau will be published in a new, streamlined structure. Sport and business are merged into one federation. At the end of the year, the Tagblatt will close its external editorial offices in Frauenfeld and Amriswil. Various departments of the editorial team of around 100 employees will be affected. Two employees will be made redundant. Landmark writes that this reduction is manageable and mild by Swiss standards. In May, the newspaper had already announced six job cuts in the editorial department.
From next week, the Tagblatt with its seven regional editions in St. Gallen, Rorschach, Rheintal, Toggenburg, Wil, Appenzellerland and Thurgau will be published in a new, streamlined structure. Sport and business are merged into one federation. At the end of the year, the Tagblatt will close its external editorial offices in Frauenfeld and Amriswil. Various departments of the editorial team of around 100 employees will be affected. Two employees will be made redundant. Landmark writes that this reduction is manageable and mild by Swiss standards. In May, the newspaper had already announced six job cuts in the editorial department.
