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Managing Director Martin Fleischhacker has informed the workforce of a “sensitive situation” by email. It can be assumed that financial framework conditions will no longer allow a journal to be continued in its current form. The trigger is the abolition of the mandatory advertisements in the official gazette of the “Wiener Zeitung”, which is part of the government program and which constitutes a large part of revenue.
Fleischhacker now wants to further develop “less funding” concepts and provide them with the “best possible resources.” He told the APA that “there is still nothing off the table.” In either case, your goal is to make the most of the situation for the company and the employees.
“It’s very serious,” said Walter Hämmerle, editor-in-chief of “Wiener Zeitung”, in an interview with the APA. “If the CEO’s email is to be believed, then the newspaper is off the table,” he said. They told him there was a call to the board of directors to examine the options. Editors are said to be extremely irritated and want to keep fighting. The ÖVP said nothing should happen to the editorial team by the end of 2022.
Union wants consequences
The journalists’ union at the GPA demanded consequences for the managing director in light of the letter. He’s not fit for this job, says Eike-Clemens Kullmann, president of the journalists’ union at the GPA. The board of directors and owners must draw conclusions. Kullmann called on the federal government to guarantee the continued existence of the “Wiener Zeitung” in print.
