TagesWoche

The days of the week is a Swiss newspaper from Basel. It is published online every day and once a week on Friday as the print edition. The editors of the paper consider the spectrum of opinion in Basel as vulnerable and want to widen again. The first edition appeared on 28 October 2011.

Formation

Prehistory

The newspaper project is a reaction to the events in the Basler Zeitung from February 2010, when the fallen into the loss zone publishing and printing company "Basler Zeitung Medien " was for sale.

First sale of the Basler Zeitung

On February 8, 2010 Tito Tettamanti acquired the majority of shares of " Basler Zeitung Medien " for rumored 70 million Swiss francs, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, which had also bid on so that was a laggard. Tettamanti is that Ticino financier who, along with the Basel media attorney Martin Wagner, " Jean Frey AG » acquired in 2006 and the flagship of this publishing house, namely the weekly newspaper " The World Week " on favorable terms to the journalist Roger Koeppel passed it. Koeppel, the new owner of the world week, was before his involvement with the German newspaper "Die Welt" already editor of the World Week. Under his leadership, only the brand name and logo of the old and well-known but no longer financially successful World Week was adopted, while the political orientations, journalists and layout were exchanged. With Koppels open and a decided election manifesto for the SVP and its strategic head Christoph Blocher in the form of an editorial the world week in autumn 2003 election was the subject of a public controversy.

Markus Somm is editor of the Basler Zeitung

30 August 2010 Markus Somm was the " The World Week " previously worked under Roger Koeppel as deputy chief editor for the political right is moved weekly newspaper, named the new editor of the Basler Zeitung. Which made November 14, 2010 "NZZ am Sonntag" public that the "Basler Zeitung Medien " the " Robinvest AG » whose Board consists of the Vice- President of the SVP Christoph Blocher and his daughter, have issued a comprehensive advisory mandate.

The protests

The next day, the Basel creative artists Guy Krneta founded the website " RettetBasel! " To "Basler Zeitung" to disseminate background information and assessments of the change of ownership of. Also this Internet platform offered to those visitors who "Basler Zeitung" were not in agreement with the new circumstances in which, the opportunity to enroll in a particular list. According to " RettetBasel! " The appeal of 18'740 persons was signed, of which 9'336 participants affirmed the question I'm going to subscribe to a different newspaper, if it is a real alternative for the Basel region.

Finding a solution Basel

After the complaints about the " newspaper trade Basler " not broke, the signs compacted that the team Tettamanti / Wagner was considering a resale of his majority shareholding. Ten days after the adviser mandate of Christoph Blocher was revealed on 24 November 2010, took over the known throughout Switzerland Basel entrepreneur Moritz Suter, the "Basler Zeitung Medien " by the interim owners Tito Tettamanti and Martin Wagner, what Basler of the critics of the " newspaper - trade " was received with some relief. Soon it was but speculated in the press, as Suter, who had in 2008 " Crossair Criminal » disclose his financial situation, could muster the purchase price for the newspaper publisher. Suter gave it in an interview that the " NZZ am Sonntag " appeared in the known that he had spent only about one million francs for the purchase of the holding company.

The discrepancy between the kolportierten 70 million francs, which allegedly at the first sale of the "Basler Zeitung Medien » flowed and the approximately one million francs will have the Suter spent was so blatant that Suter now found himself faced with the accusation in this trade only as a straw man to have occurred; the true funders had to look elsewhere, all the more so because Tito Tettamanti announced at the same time, he was but a financier and would obviously have made ​​the trade a (small) profit.

Since in the following months no transparency about the actual ownership of the "Basler Zeitung" could be produced, presented the community of action " Save Basel! » A complaint with Swiss Press Council in order to put an end to the concealment of the ownership of the Basler Zeitung. This complaint was approved on 13 July 2011.

New Business

Founded the "Foundation for Media Diversity " On April 14, 2011. This foundation is the owner of the same day, founded " New Media Basel AG ", which in turn acts as the editor of the " week days ". The project is funded by the " Stiftung Levedo » Roche heiress and philanthropist Beatrice Oeri. Chairman of the Board of « New Media Basel AG " is the Swiss journalist and media consultant Ivo Bachmann, who also accompanied the project development. Seat of the " day week " is the " business center " in the city center of Basel.

Concept

The " week days " was conceived as a weekly newspaper and appears each Friday. Daily reports online on the internet which can be accessed free of charge appear between two printouts. The funding is intended to ensure the long term via newspaper subscriptions, newsstand sales and advertising revenues.

The " week days " has a regional focus, but will also report on the national and international scene. According to information from a high-quality and deepening journalism is sought.

Editors in chief

The guided by the Basel journalists Urs Buess and Remo Leupin as co- editors in chief seventeen -member editorial consists to a considerable portion of former journalists of the "Basler Zeitung". On May 17, 2013 were known to be with Dani winter, a new editor in chief was appointed.