Media Tamedia promises to halt redundancies until September 2026

The employees of the Zurich-based media company Tamedia can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being: according to information from the professional association Impressum, Tamedia has agreed to preserve the jobs that still exist today - at least for just under two years.

The Tamedia management has promised to stop layoffs until September 30, 2026, Impressum announced on Thursday. Impressum sees this as a success "in these difficult times for journalism", as the professional association writes.

In total, Tamedia, which belongs to the TX Group, cut 55 full-time positions. Many voluntary departures, early retirements and reductions in workload meant that the number of redundancies could be reduced. This amounts to 9 redundancies in editorial offices in German-speaking Switzerland and 8 in French-speaking Switzerland, i.e. 17.

Together with the job cuts, Tamedia also announced a strategic realignment at the end of August. In future, the media company intends to concentrate on its four strongest online brands "Tages-Anzeiger", "BZ Berner Zeitung", "Basler Zeitung" and "24 heures".

The "Bund" and the "Tribune de Genève" will also retain their own online presences. However, titles with a smaller reach are to be integrated into the four major platforms. This affects the Zurich regional newspapers "Der Landbote", "Zürcher Unterländer" and "Zürichsee-Zeitung", for example.

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