Volksstimme (Sissach)

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People's Voice
Volksstimme Sissach.png
description Swiss regional newspaper
publishing company Schaub Medien AG
Headquarters Sissach
First edition 1882
Frequency of publication three times a week
Sold edition 7,150 (previous year 7,150) copies
( WEMF circulation bulletin 2018)
Widespread edition 7,190 (previous year 7,190) ( large print run : 31,254; previous year 31,064) copies
(WEMF circulation bulletin 2018)
Editor-in-chief David Thommen
Editor Susi Quinter-Schaub
executive Director Dieter Schaub
Web link www.volksstimme.ch
Article archive www.volksstimme.ch/archive

The Volksstimme is a Swiss regional newspaper published in Sissach for the upper Basel area. It has a WEMF - certified circulation of 7,150 (previous year 7,150) copies and a reach of 7,190 (previous year 7,190) readers (WEMF MACH Basic 2018-II). The newspaper appears weekly on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and is the official publication organ of the canton of Basel-Landschaft. A large edition with a circulation of 31,254 (previous year 31,064) copies appears around twice a month ; it is also the official publication organ for Sissach and 23 other municipalities in the upper Basel area.

history

The Volksstimme was founded in 1882 as the Volksstimme von Baselland by an editorial committee as a mouthpiece against the project of a federal secretariat for the primary school (colloquially known as "school governor") (which was heavily rejected in the federal vote of November 26, 1882). The newspaper had a circulation of 1,000 copies. In 1885 Jakob Schaub-Buser (1862–1950), son of committee member Johann Jakob Schaub-Zeller, took over the printing of the newspaper, in 1900 also the publishing rights.

In 1904 the move took place in the same street (Hauptstrasse 33), in 1921 the first Linotype typesetting machines were used. In 1948 Schaub bought the adjoining property at Hauptstrasse 31 (Eckstein House) and enlarged the typesetting. In 1932, the founder's son, Hans Schaub-Horand, acquired the property at Bahnhofstrasse 33 (Häfelfinger House). In 1949 the sole proprietorship was transformed into J. Schaub-Buser AG, and Hans Schaub-Horand took over the management. Jakob Schaub-Buser died on March 3, 1950. In 1957, a second-hand 8-page rotary press , built in 1924, was purchased for printing the newspaper, which has since grown to around 5,000 copies.

In 1968 Hans Schaub-Horand handed over management of the company to his sons Hansjakob Schaub (responsible for the newspaper) and Peter Schaub (responsible for printing and typesetting). In the same year, the first punched tape-controlled typesetting machine and an offset machine in medium format were purchased. In 1972 the newspaper's frequency of publication was changed from two to three times a week. In 1978 the changeover from lead to photo typesetting took place .

In 1980, the company acquired a brand-new Solna Distributor web offset press, which was housed in the Bahnhofstrasse 31 building it had acquired a year earlier. The edition of the Volksstimme now exceeded 7,000 copies. In 1988, a web offset press was purchased that increased newspaper printing capacity from 16 to 24 pages. In 1989 photo typesetting began to be replaced by desktop publishing .

In 1990, the certified circulation of the Volksstimme exceeded 8,000 copies for the first time. In 1995 production was switched to Macintosh computers and QuarkXPress , while the Volksstimme was given a new layout. In 2001 the company was renamed Schaub Medien AG. In December 2008, Basler Zeitung Medien AG was commissioned to print the newspaper. The website was launched in 2010. After the closure of the Basler Zeitung Medien AG printing works in 2013, the printing of the newspaper was handed over to the NZZ printing works, NZZ Print in Schlieren, after the closure of this printing works, the Tagblatt Print of CH Media in St. Gallen.

Editors-in-chief

  • 1885–1949 Jakob Schaub-Buser
  • 1949–1968 Hans Schaub-Horand
  • 1968–1994 Hansjakob Schaub
  • 1994–2002 Robert Bösiger
  • 2002–2006 Rolf Wirz
  • 2006–2011 Christian Horisberger
  • 2011–2018 Jürg Gohl
  • since 2018 David Thommen

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c WEMF circulation bulletin 2018 , p. 29 (PDF; 796 kB).
  2. ↑ Imprint. In: Website of the Volksstimme .
  3. ^ Federal Decree on the Implementation of Article 27 of the Federal Constitution. In: Federal Gazette . October 7, 1882 (PDF; 50 kB).
  4. ↑ Template No. 25. Overview. In: Website of the Federal Chancellery .
  5. ^ History of the Volksstimme and Schaub Medien AG. In: Website of the Volksstimme .
  6. ↑ 125 years of Schaub Medien. 1885-2010. In: Website of the Volksstimme . August 26, 2010 (PDF; 15.4 MB).
  7. ↑ Volksstimme ... for 125 years. In: Website of the Volksstimme . September 18, 2007 (PDF; 14.1 MB).
  8. ^ "Volksstimme" newspaper. The Oberbaselbieter newspaper since 1882. In: Website of the Volksstimme .
  9. ↑ David Thommen becomes editor-in-chief of Volksstimme. In: advertising week . 20th March 2018.