Somedia merges the editorial offices of Südostschweiz

By merging two of its four media channels, the Südostschweiz media family is taking a step into the future. The two media channels, online and newspaper, will now be served by a joint editorial and production team. This will simplify internal processes and allow synergies to be better exploited. The publication frequency and scope of the printed editions of the Südostschweiz nothing will change as a result of the restructuring. All employees of the two channels will be integrated into the new organization.

The editor-in-chief of the new online and newspaper media channel will be Philipp Wyss. He is currently Editor-in-Chief Südostschweiz Online. He will be assisted by two deputy editors-in-chief, Stefanie Studer and Olivier Berger. Berger and Studer currently work for the newspaper edition of the Südostschweiz. With the new management trio, the integrated structure is also incorporated organizationally.

Tom Senn, previously editor-in-chief of the newspaper Südostschweiz, will be the new head of news for the media family. In the future, he will be responsible for the thematic focus of the front and top stories in the editions of the Südostschweiz in Graubünden and Glarus and the Linth Newspaper will be responsible. With this step, the media family hopes to Südostschweiz According to the press release, the company will have a more pointed market presence in its three core regions and thus additional content relevance in the media market.

Corinne Raguth Tscharner is also now in charge of the convergent, cross-channel Graubünden section. Raguth Tscharner is currently deputy editor-in-chief Südostschweiz Online. She replaces Reto Furter, who succeeds Martina Fehr as head of the media family. Südostschweiz has taken over.