Publisher of .ch has filed criminal charges against Sobli journalists
Media Punkt, the operator of the .ch domain, has filed a criminal complaint against a journalist at Sonntagsblick. It accuses the Ringier publication of unfair competition, claiming that an article published in Sonntagsblick was untrue and damaging to its reputation.
The .ch publisher Media Punkt has filed a criminal complaint against a journalist from Sonntagsblick. It accuses the Ringier newspaper of unfair competition: an article published in the Sobli was untrue and damaging to its credit. The Sonntagsblick article in question from January 20 stated that thousands of copies of the Lucerne edition of .ch were disposed of directly before delivery. The author cites figures of up to 10,000 copies that were not delivered. Citing "insiders", the author writes that a considerable proportion of the Lucerne edition of the free newspaper has regularly not been delivered in recent months and that the problems have existed since November 2007.
These allegations are untrue and significantly damage the reputation of .ch in the advertising market, according to a statement from Media Punkt. Overall, the article gave the impression that .ch had not kept the promises it had made about distribution prior to the launch of the newspaper. Media Punkt has therefore filed a criminal complaint with the public prosecutor's office of the Canton of Zurich against the author of the article for violation of the law on unfair competition, as the publisher's press release confirms a corresponding report in the Sonntag newspaper.
The criminal complaint also points out that Sonntagsblick editor-in-chief Marc Walder could have "a direct professional and financial interest in damaging .ch". Walder holds the position of Editorial Director of the Swiss newspapers at Ringier in addition to his position as Editor-in-Chief. These include Blick and the evening newspaper Heute.
These allegations are untrue and significantly damage the reputation of .ch in the advertising market, according to a statement from Media Punkt. Overall, the article gave the impression that .ch had not kept the promises it had made about distribution prior to the launch of the newspaper. Media Punkt has therefore filed a criminal complaint with the public prosecutor's office of the Canton of Zurich against the author of the article for violation of the law on unfair competition, as the publisher's press release confirms a corresponding report in the Sonntag newspaper.
The criminal complaint also points out that Sonntagsblick editor-in-chief Marc Walder could have "a direct professional and financial interest in damaging .ch". Walder holds the position of Editorial Director of the Swiss newspapers at Ringier in addition to his position as Editor-in-Chief. These include Blick and the evening newspaper Heute.
