Thurgau cantonal council considers media concept unnecessary

The cantonal government clearly rejects the SVP's demand for a cantonal media concept to safeguard press diversity. As Werbewoche also reported, the Thurgauer Zeitung (TZ) was surprisingly sold to Zurich-based Tamedia AG last September (see "Tamedia moves into Thurgau"). As a result, questions arose as to who would represent the canton's journalistic interests in the future and how. SVP cantonal councillor Andrea Vonlanthen, in particular, approached the government with several questions and motions. The core of his proposal was the demand for a cantonal media concept, and as the St. Galler Tagblatt announced on Friday, the response from the Thurgau cantonal government is now available. Unlike Vonlanthen, the cantonal government sees no danger of the Thurgau newspaper being sucked into the "Zurich media scene". On the contrary, it is convinced that this solution will secure the future of the newspaper and thus meet the journalistic interests of the canton. In addition, neither the appearance nor the editorial team had changed significantly since the sale. The Thurgau government council also rejected the idea of a media concept. This was justified by the fact that there is hardly any possibility of influencing the diversity of the press and a media concept is therefore unnecessary.