Alliance for Media Diversity shows no understanding for SRG downsizing
Published: Wednesday, Nov 8th 2023, 15:30
Updated At: Thursday, Nov 9th 2023, 00:54
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The Alliance for Media Diversity has no sympathy for the Federal Council's intention to reduce the household levy for the SRG. In view of the "dramatic developments in the media sector", it is all the more important to strengthen the public service.
The alliance, which joined forces to fight the initiative around two years ago, announced on Wednesday that it was "delighted" that the Federal Council had rejected the SRG halving initiative. However, it would be "short-sighted to substantially weaken the public media company at a time characterized by disinformation and fake news," co-president and former member of the Council of States Joachim Eder (FDP/ZG) was quoted as saying in the press release.
Allianz emphasized how poorly the private media are doing financially. In this context, it recalled the 150 job cuts announced at CH Media on Wednesday. Tamedia is also cutting 48 jobs. And while the group is withdrawing more and more funds from journalism, it has paid out around CHF 1,000 million in dividends since its IPO in 2000.
In view of this development, the SRG's public service must be strengthened. The SRG is not to blame for the fact that two billion Swiss francs in advertising flow out of Switzerland to Google and Meta every year. By weakening the SRG once again, the private media will not fare any better, it continued.
In addition, SRG already had to implement a savings package of over CHF 100 million three years ago. And most households are already paying around 25 percent less in fees compared to 2017. The Alliance for Media Diversity claims to have around 2,500 members.
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