The newsrooms that are part of the same company ask that they be clearly informed about the plans of the new owner. They remind that they do not want to learn about their future from rumours
In a joint statement, the employees state that in the "new situation in the Republic of Serbia", the media owners of the former United Media must clearly and transparently communicate how they see their future and how they intend to treat them. They decided to take that step due to a series of individual conversations, attempts to change the editorial policy, announcements of the possible shutdown of certain media and dismissal of employees.
They understand Alpac Capital's behavior as "a source of pressure and uncertainty, not as the actions of an owner who wants to develop these media." They say they don't want to learn about their future from rumors and conversations in the corridors, nor to have "yesterday's competition tell them where our content will be shown in the future".
On behalf of the employees and the audience of millions, they ask that the owners present the plan and discuss it with the people who create the media. They say that "Serbia changed after October 25 and will continue to change" and that those media, which survived for years in an "unprecedented hostile environment", have a future right now: the time is coming for responsible and professional media that put the public interest first. If the new owners share such an understanding, an agreement is possible, and if they have different plans, they expect them to be communicated clearly and immediately.
The Nova S television program was abruptly interrupted on the night of the election, October 25, while the outcome of the vote was still awaited. According to the testimony of news director Slobodan Georgijev, published in Raskrivanje, representatives of Alpac and Adria News Network (ANN) demanded that the program end at exactly 8:30 p.m. and be transferred to N1, even though the newsroom had more content prepared. He says that five people came to the television, three from Alpac, who bought it in August, and two from ANN, and he learned that they had arrived from the employees of the "master", the room from which the signal is sent to the viewers, because they did not report to him.
While Dnevnik was running, the conversation, he claims, was also about money and editorial policy. Around 8:27 p.m., he started insisting that the show end, so he called the producer and asked to end the inclusion of the reporter, and then duly sign off Dnevnik and announce the takeover of the N1 program. However, the diary was interrupted before the presenter could sign him off and announce the continuation on N1. It is debatable whether anyone decides when the Diary is finished. The break came two months after Alpac Capital took over the management of the companies behind N1, Nova, Danas and Radar.
On October 27, representatives of Alpac Capital announced to the newsrooms that they intend to shut down the print edition of the Nova newspaper on October 31, with the fate of its employees uncertain. At the same time, the dismissal of part-time contributors to the newspaper and portal Nova and the weekly and portal Radar, the shutdown of the "Good, Bad, Zao" and "Pick and Roll" podcasts, and the cancellation of the Profimedia and EPA photo services were announced.
The interruption of Dnevnik on the most important night for reporting shows that the owners interfere in the daily editorial decision, which the editorial offices see as pressure. For the audience, this means uncertainty about what kind of programs and papers they will have, and for the media scene, the question of who the new owners are and how they see the role of the media after the elections. The invitation of employees is an attempt to move the conversation into an institutional framework, and not to learn about decisions from rumours. It is also important for employees to have timely information about their status.
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