Swiss Media Association changes its president

Hanspeter Lebrument, publisher of Somedia, is stepping down as President of the SWISS MEDIA ASSOCIATION. He celebrated his 75th birthday in June of this year. "I took over the presidency of the Publishers Association from Dr. Hans Heinrich Coninx 13 years ago and am delighted to now be able to hand it over to a successor. The most important thing for me was that I was able to convince Dr. Pietro Supino to take over this office. I consider it a stroke of luck for the importance of the publishers' associations that Axel Springer CEO Dr. Mathias Döpfner in Germany and Tamedia publisher Dr. Pietro Supino in Switzerland could be won as presidents of the publishers' associations," says Hanspeter Lebrument on his retirement.the executive committee of the SCHWEIZER MEDIEN association unanimously proposes to the members the current vice president Dr. Pietro Supino, publisher of Tamedia, as successor to Hanspeter Lebrument as president. Peter Wanner, publisher of AZ Medien, is to become the new Vice-President, thus ending Hanspeter Lebrument's long, extremely active and influential involvement in the SCHWEiZER MEDIEN association. Lebrument's presidency included the creation of a legal basis for indirect press subsidies and the ban on online advertising for the SRG.Pietro Supino has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2008 and Vice President of the SWISS MEDIA Association since 2010. "A diverse range of media is central to a direct democracy like Switzerland," says Dr. Pietro Supino. "Good framework conditions for private media, be it specialist journals, national daily newspapers or news apps, are therefore in everyone's interest. As I already did as Vice-Chairman, I will continue to campaign for this and for media freedom. "Two representatives of medium-sized and smaller media companies are also to be added to the Executive Committee. Dr. Beat Lauber, who is a member of the boards of directors of Meier + Cie. in Schaffhausen, the Mengis Group in Visp and Zürichsee Medien Gruppe AG, and Andrea Masüger, CEO of Somedia, will be put forward for election.