Tages-Anzeiger discontinues split editions
Starting June 1, 2012, the newspapers Zürcher Oberländer, Zürcher Unterländer, and Zürichsee-Zeitung will once again be in full-fledged journalistic competition with the Tages-Anzeiger.
The Tages-Anzeiger will cease to receive local news texts from the three regional newspapers from this date, as Tamedia writes in a press release on Wednesday. In addition, the Zürcher Unterländer will be given a new editorial concept over the course of the summer. In future, the focus will be even more strongly on local and regional reporting from the communities of the Zürcher Unterland. With these steps, the Tamedia media group is making a commitment to two independent newspapers in the Zurich area. Based on the positive experience with two differently oriented daily newspapers in the Berne area, Tamedia wants to strengthen competition between the independent editorial offices.
The Tages-Anzeiger is merging the previous split editions Rechtes Seeufer, Linkes Seeufer, Unterland and Oberland into the Zurich and Region bundle. As before the launch of the split editions in 2006, the Tages-Anzeiger is thus concentrating on its role as a "leading national daily newspaper with strong roots in the city of Zurich". The discontinuation of the split editions is expected to lead to four redundancies in the city and regional reporting department, which will now comprise 27 employees.
Realignment of the Zürcher Unterländer
The Zürcher Unterländer is realigning itself and sharpening its journalistic profile. By cooperating with the Zürichsee-Zeitung in various service areas, the aim is to reduce losses and free up more resources for editorial services. The aim is to present events relevant to the Zürcher Unterland in a more varied way and closer to the readers. Benjamin Geiger, who is already interim editor of the Zürcher Unterländer, is the new editor-in-chief of the Zürcher Unterländer and, as before, the Zürichsee-Zeitung. He will be supported by Cyprian Schnoz, editorial director of the Zürcher Unterländer, and the three editorial directors of the Zürichsee-Zeitung.
The realignment will lead to six redundancies at Zürcher Unterländer and Zürichsee-Zeitung, five of which are employees in service areas. All affected employees will receive supportive benefits such as extended notice periods.
The joint editorial office of the Zurich regional newspapers under the management of the Winterthurer Landbote and the editorial offices of the Zürcher Oberländer and the Anzeiger von Uster are not affected by the measures.
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