The print version of "Blick am Abend" is stopped – Economy

The printed edition of "Blick am Abend" will be closed: on December 21st, the last issue of the suburban newspaper Ringier will be published. Eleven employees are affected by recruitment. The association of journalists impressed is "shocked".

After the abandonment of the print edition, the focus will be on the digital offering "Blick am Abend," announced on Wednesday the Ringier press company. Due to the development of the Swiss advertising market, this stage has become economically necessary. The change of readers and advertisers from the print to the internet is ongoing.

In addition to hiring, adjustments will be made to the newsroom and the Blick Group Publishing House. In total, eleven permanent employees are affected by the end of the reorganization. Some of the jobs are eliminated via early retirement. Ringier's social plan comes into force for the employees concerned.

Check alternative measures

The Association of Journalists, impressed, regrets the creation of "Blick am Abend" because another editorial support is lost, he said Wednesday night.

imprint "that employees will be consulted on other measures before the prematurely announced layoffs are implemented". By eliminating job vacancies and pension cuts, the Blick Newsroom has seen a gradual reduction in jobs for months.

In addition, the association is "shocked by Ringier's approach to job cuts and firing before workers have been properly informed of restructuring by their representatives and consulted on solutions." of substitution". This does not correspond to the practices of the industry, it is said in the message.

The impression therefore awaits from Ringier the suspension of the implementation of the redundancies until the staff has been consulted on the replacement measures.

Unaffected onliner

Online employees are not concerned with the interruption of the print edition. You continue to create content for blickamabend.ch and appearances on social networks. According to this announcement, appearances on social networks of "Blick am Abend" have about 800,000 interactions per month.

As Ringier has assured, Imprint now plans to invest in online editorial media. But it seems all the more incomprehensible that even the redundancies have been pronounced in the newsroom.

A thriving business can be expected to continue to invest in the news media and continue to employ its employees after restructuring in other areas, writes the association.

The free newspaper "Blick am Abend" was published on June 2, 2008 for the first time. The new evening newspaper replaced the free newspaper "Today", launched by Ringier in 2006. The "Blick am Abend" is distributed to more than 220,000 copies in five regions.

According to the footprint, Ringier AG's net profit (EBITA) has been steadily increasing in recent years and has reached more than 110 million francs in 2017. According to the 2017 annual report, the advertising market generated revenues of 135 million euros, not counting digital marketplaces. (Sep / SDA)

Created: 28.11.2018, 15:23 hours