Big fuss on the news site Bulletin: The editorial staff demands that the board resign

It has been a turbulent first time for the newly started newspaper Bulletin.

First editor-in-chief and responsible publisher Paulina Neuding resigned after two months.

The reason that was communicated was that she would focus on foreign surveillance.

But according to Journalisten, who among other things took part in internal emails and group chats, she resigned after a fight with the newspaper's three main owners.

Bulletin's CEO and co-owner Pontus Tholin published a column on his own in January, without Neuding's approval.

She republished the chronicle and after that there was pressure from the management that it should be republished.

Neuding refused and received support from the editorial management, but according to the Journalist, the battle became so infected that she left her post.

Turned off critical voices during the rally

Employees describe the situation as chaotic where some have not received a written employment contract and some have resigned.

At the same time, co-owner Tino Sanandaji is criticized for criticizing individual employees on social media and in internal meetings.

Chairman of the Board Atta Tarki is also criticized for turning off the microphone for critical employees at meetings.

Requires that company management be reorganized

A letter of protest has now been sent from the editorial staff to the board.

“We believe that part of the turbulence we have seen during the introduction is due to a publicly inexperienced company board.

At present, there is no formal management team.

We therefore believe that a reorganization is necessary ", they write in the protest letter and demand that the newspaper's CEO Pontus Tholin resigns and the company board is reorganized.

"It is our firm belief that if what we propose is not done as soon as possible, the newspaper risks losing more employees and even risks perishing soon," it continues.

- The conflict that came to light when the owners wanted Paulina Neuding to republish a column in January still exists today.

As editor-in-chief, I will never accept pressure for what is to be published in the newspaper, says Ivar Arpi to Journalisten, and continues.

- We demand that the raw space between owner and editorial staff is maintained, and that no employee is publicly hung out by an owner or by any manager.

According to Arpi, the editorial board has not received a response from the board, however, Arpi believes that he has been told by several sources that the company board is now looking for a new editor-in-chief.