https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Swiss media landscape is becoming more concentrated than ever, a new study has found, leading to concerns about media diversity. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191015/media-diversity-shrinking-in-switzerland Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:18:11 +0200 media-diversity-shrinking-in-switzerland The commission found that Tamedia's takeover of the local daily will not impede effective competition in the regional media landscape. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181011/swiss-competition-commission-approves-tamedias-takeover-of-basler-zeitung Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:34:30 +0200 swiss-competition-commission-approves-tamedias-takeover-of-basler-zeitung Swiss public broadcaster SRF has denied an advertising slot to a company selling an advent calendar with sex toys. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181010/swiss-public-broadcaster-refuses-to-air-advert-for-sex-toys-advent-calendar Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:25:04 +0200 swiss-public-broadcaster-refuses-to-air-advert-for-sex-toys-advent-calendar The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) plans to cut 200 jobs, rather than the 250 previously announced. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181009/swiss-public-broadcaster-to-cut-200-jobs-less-than-announced Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:48:54 +0200 swiss-public-broadcaster-to-cut-200-jobs-less-than-announced Kate Darling, an expert in robot ethics, has criticized Swiss magazine Bilanz after it published an article that made reference to her cleavage. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181001/us-researcher-blasts-swiss-magazine-over-sexist-depiction Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:34:50 +0200 us-researcher-blasts-swiss-magazine-over-sexist-depiction The Tamedia AG media house, which owns more than 50 media outlets in Switzerland, is being investigated by COMCO after the media conglomerate's purchase of the Basel-based Basler Zeitung. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180807/swiss-competition-authority-investigating-media-dominance-of-tamedia-following-groups-takeover-of-basel-daily Tue, 07 Aug 2018 14:45:11 +0200 swiss-competition-authority-investigating-media-dominance-of-tamedia-following-groups-takeover-of-basel-daily Communications minister Doris Leuthard has spoken out about the importance of the Swiss news agency SDA/ATS where journalists have been on strike for three days. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180202/leuthard-voices-concern-as-swiss-news-agency-continues-strike Fri, 02 Feb 2018 12:04:29 +0100 leuthard-voices-concern-as-swiss-news-agency-continues-strike Switzerland is still one of the world’s top ten countries for press freedom according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), despite global media freedom in the ‘post-truth’ era being more threatened than ever. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170426/switzerland-maintains-press-freedoms-in-post-truth-era Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:15:06 +0200 switzerland-maintains-press-freedoms-in-post-truth-era When a leading European business school wanted to raise awareness of its new pan-European course, The Local delivered. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170321/how-the-local-helped-this-business-school-reach-smart-young-global-citizens Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:59:59 +0100 how-the-local-helped-this-business-school-reach-smart-young-global-citizens When Gothenburg company Craft Academy wanted to recruit students to its programming course, The Local really delivered. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161214/why-advertising-on-thelocal-paid-off-for-this-startup Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:00:01 +0100 why-advertising-on-thelocal-paid-off-for-this-startup Switzerland’s press freedoms deteriorated last year, reflecting a global worsening of conditions for journalists and degraded environment for news media, according to an annual report from Reporters Without Borders. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150212/switzerlands-press-freedoms-drop-in-global-index Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:25:00 +0100 switzerlands-press-freedoms-drop-in-global-index Zurich-based media company Tamedia announced on Tuesday that it is acquiring the Ricardo Group from Naspers, a South African firm, for 240 million francs ($260 million). https://www.thelocal.ch/20150210/tamedia-snaps-up-ricardo-e-commerce-firm Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:05:00 +0100 tamedia-snaps-up-ricardo-e-commerce-firm The Local has been providing news in English from around Europe for ten years. 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Paul Rapacioli explains. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141215/introducing-the-locals-new-logo Mon, 15 Dec 2014 13:06:00 +0100 introducing-the-locals-new-logo Ringier, the largest international media company operating in Switzerland, announced on Friday that it is is taking over Le Temps, the French-language newspaper based in Geneva. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140411/ringier-set-to-take-over-le-temps-newspaper-report Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:08:00 +0200 ringier-set-to-take-over-le-temps-newspaper-report One of the prospective buyers of Le Temps has bowed out of the running for the only national daily French-language newspaper in Switzerland, put up for sale by its majority owners the Ringier and Tamedia groups. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131220/le-temps-still-seeks-buyer-as-suitors-drop-out Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:34:00 +0100 le-temps-still-seeks-buyer-as-suitors-drop-out The Festival of Media Global in Montreux has set a new world record for the most business cards collected in 24 hours. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130430/networking-record-set-at-montreux-media-festival Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:17:00 +0200 networking-record-set-at-montreux-media-festival The Geneva and Vaud governments have sought a meeting with the management of Tamedia, the Zurich-based publishing company, over concerns about job cuts at major French-language newspapers in their cantons. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130328/french-language-cantons-question-tamedia-over-cuts Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:51:00 +0100 french-language-cantons-question-tamedia-over-cuts As The Local throws open the doors to its new office in Paris, founder Paul Rapacioli argues - purely coincidentally - that a daily diet of local news could change Europe’s destiny. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130205/why-europe-needs-local-news-in-the-global-language Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:36:00 +0100 why-europe-needs-local-news-in-the-global-language For almost a decade now, The Local has been delivering accessible European news to millions of Anglophone readers all round the world – but we're now about to get even better. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130204/bienvenue-to-the-local-in-france Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:21:00 +0100 bienvenue-to-the-local-in-france Last year was one of the deadliest on record for journalists, with 141 killed in 29 different countries and Syria the most dangerous place on earth for reporters, a media watchdog said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130103/141-journalists-killed-in-2012-media-watchdog Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:44:00 +0100 141-journalists-killed-in-2012-media-watchdog