Zofinger Tagblatt takes over Solothurner Woche from Espace Media
Effective January 1, 2011, the Zofinger Tagblatt media company will take over the weekly newspaper Solothurner Woche from the Espace Media Groupe. All 14 employees from the editorial and publishing departments will be offered continued employment.
The head office in Solothurn will remain the same. The current Managing Director Paul Galli will continue to manage the business until the end of the year. This was announced by the media company in a press release on Wednesday. With the takeover of Solothurn's most traditional weekly, the Zofinger Tagblatt is expanding its portfolio in the free newspaper sector.
With the "Wiggertaler", the "Wuchedonner", the "Wuchedonner Oberaargau" and the "Landanzeiger", the media house already publishes four newspapers in the Suhren and Wiggertal valleys as well as in the neighboring canton of Solothurn. The "Solothurner Woche" optimally complements this existing offering in the cantons of Aargau and Solothurn both in terms of content and geography, according to a press release from the Zofinger Tagblatt media house. The free newspaper has a circulation of 80,000 copies.
With this step, Espace Media Groupe intends to concentrate on its newspaper, radio and TV activities in the canton of Berne. The Group had already sold the titles "Der Murtenbieter" and "Anzeiger von Kerzers" to Freiburger Nachrichten in March 2010.
With the "Wiggertaler", the "Wuchedonner", the "Wuchedonner Oberaargau" and the "Landanzeiger", the media house already publishes four newspapers in the Suhren and Wiggertal valleys as well as in the neighboring canton of Solothurn. The "Solothurner Woche" optimally complements this existing offering in the cantons of Aargau and Solothurn both in terms of content and geography, according to a press release from the Zofinger Tagblatt media house. The free newspaper has a circulation of 80,000 copies.
With this step, Espace Media Groupe intends to concentrate on its newspaper, radio and TV activities in the canton of Berne. The Group had already sold the titles "Der Murtenbieter" and "Anzeiger von Kerzers" to Freiburger Nachrichten in March 2010.
