Rising production costs and, in particular, the sharp increase in mailing costs since the Covid pandemic are a huge challenge for our magazine. To compound matters, the federal government is cutting subsidies in many areas next year – including funding for “Swiss Review”.
Additional costs combined with less revenue have prompted our publisher, the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad, SwissCommunity, to make important changes. From 2025 onwards we will produce five editions of the magazine a year instead of six as at present. As regrettable and unavoidable as this step is, it is mitigated by more positive news: every future edition will now contain a regional supplement. To date, regional supplements have only featured in four editions every year.
For many readers, the regional supplements are important sources of information on Swiss community life in their part of the world, reflecting events on the ground within the “Fifth Switzerland”. The parent magazine, on the other hand, has the primary role of covering the latest news from Switzerland and, in particular, addressing the issues at stake in upcoming popular votes.
Editorial teams at regional level are currently responsible for producing 14 different regional supplements. These publications represent one of our magazine’s unique selling points and will gain further prominence as a result of this strategic realignment.
Five instead of six magazines a year, but a regional supplement with every edition. Notwithstanding our decision, we want to continue improving our magazine and are ready to make further changes where necessary. The next few weeks will see us evaluating the many thousands of submissions that we received in response to our 2024 readership survey. “Swiss Review” 1/2025 will cover the results, outlining your feedback and the improvements that you, our readers, would like to see.
Filippo Lombardi, OSA President
Ariane Rustichelli, OSA Director
Our 14 regional supplements: www.revue.link/regional
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