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Alingssa Newspaper, which for a long time has been threatened with closure by Stampen Media. Several other Western local newspapers such as Lerum's newspaper are also being taken over. But nothing is going to save the sister newspapers Partille Zeitung and the Rehabilitation Post that is now being closed down. For me, that means that I will be fired today and will be allowed to go home, says Jenny Predander, a journalist at the Rehabilitation Post.

On Thursday it became clear that Stampen Media is taking over Alingssa's newspaper, which has had financial problems for a long time. But the Post Office, the Partial Journal and the Lerum newspaper, which is a free magazine and is published one day a week, will not be published anymore.

With one bet, it could have been a good product again, so it is sad that Stampen Media did not think so, says Jenny Predander.

Poor profitability according to the Tribe

According to Johan Hansson, CEO of Stampen Media, the Poster and Partille Zeitung have not been profitable due to low advertising teams unable to carry these newspapers.

The most important thing for us has been to secure local quality journalism in the future through this business, he says.

Exactly how many people are affected by the reorganisation of the bankrupt WM group is unclear, but not all will be offered employment. Around twenty posts are distributed in the Alingssa and Lerum newspapers.

It's kind of relaxing, and it's kind of nice and kind of boring. At the same time, it has been a rather difficult process. They've pulled down and they've pulled down and we've fought, says Jenny Forsander.

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