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The Swiss Agricultural Press. From diversity to monopoly ?. Ruedi Hagmann, editor in chief , BauernZeitung, 2013. German Part of Switzerland. French Part. Italian Part. The Swiss Agricultural Press. Switzerland is still a country of newspapers and periodicals a nd
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The Swiss Agricultural Press Fromdiversity to monopoly? • Ruedi Hagmann, editor in chief, BauernZeitung, 2013
The Swiss Agricultural Press • Switzerlandis still a country of newspapers and periodicals and • Switzerlandis still a country of agriculturalnewspapers and periodicals
The Swiss Agricultural Press • Facts: • Over200 publicationsfor a population of 8 Millions • 12 newpapers and periodicalswith a generaltopicforabout 55'000 farmingfamilies
The Swiss Agricultural Press • Meaning: • The press is still and by far themostimportantmediumfortheformation of publicopinion in political, social and culturalmatters • Thepress is still themostimportantmediumforadvertising
Situation now • Compared to othercountries, the Swiss agricultural press is still markedby an enormousdiversity: • General topic: • 2 newspapers in thegermanpart, 1 in thefrenchpart and 1 in theitalian part. • 3 periodicals in thegermanpart, 1 in thefrench part. 5 regional newspapers in thegermanpart; anymoreleft in thefrench part. • Special interests: morethan 30.
The Swiss Agricultural Press 2020? Special interests: Diverse as today. General topic: Diversityor Monopoly? Theanswerdepends: • on the will and thefinancialpossibility of theowners to stay independent • on theevolution of thestructure of the Swiss agriculture • and on thedevelopment of the media in general. Theneedforinformation will notbelessthan 2013 – on thecontrary. These are good news für agriculturaljournalism – but no certaintyforthe press. As anywhere, the Swiss agricultural press has to masterthe digital challenge.
German Part of Switzerland 2020 Die grüne Schweizer UFA BauernZeitung für den Landfreund
French Part Italian Part 2020 2020