Ralph Grosse-Bley returns to the view
German journalist Ralph Grosse-Bley is returning to Ringier. As the media group announced on Monday, the former deputy editor-in-chief of Sonntagsblick will join the editorial board of Blick as Bernhard Weissberg’s deputy, effective January 1, 2009. Grosse-Bley was forced to leave Ringier Publishing following the «Ringier-Borer» affair in 2002.
German journalist Ralph Grosse-Bley is returning to Ringier. As the media group announced on Monday, the former deputy editor-in-chief of Sonntagsblick will join the Blick editorial team as deputy to Bernhard Weissberg as of January 1, 2009. The 49-year-old currently works as editorial director "New Federal States" at Bild-Zeitung. Ralph Grosse-Bley succeeds Hanspeter Peyer, who will retire in February 2009.
In 2001/2002, Ralph Grosse-Bley was employed as head of copy and deputy editor-in-chief at Sonntagsblick, where he worked together with the current editor-in-chief of Blick, Bernhard Weissberg.
At Blick, he will be responsible for the appropriate implementation of the stories with his, according to Ringier, "great experience in tabloid journalism". Editor-in-chief Bernhard Weissberg will thus have three deputies in the future: chief pagemaker Rolf Cavalli, head of copy Ralph Grosse-Bley and head of sports Walter De Greogrio.
Grosse-Bley had to leave the Ringier publishing house in 2002 after the "Ringier-Borer" affair. His wife, the Berlin correspondent Alexandra Würzbach, had written in Sonntagsblick about a love affair between the then Swiss ambassador Thomas Borer and a make-up artist, which, however, could not be proven. Borer lost his ambassadorship, the Ringier publishing house apologized for the reporting and paid a compensation sum. Grosse-Bley then left Sonntagsblick because the basis of trust was no longer there, as was said at the time.
In 2001/2002, Ralph Grosse-Bley was employed as head of copy and deputy editor-in-chief at Sonntagsblick, where he worked together with the current editor-in-chief of Blick, Bernhard Weissberg.
At Blick, he will be responsible for the appropriate implementation of the stories with his, according to Ringier, "great experience in tabloid journalism". Editor-in-chief Bernhard Weissberg will thus have three deputies in the future: chief pagemaker Rolf Cavalli, head of copy Ralph Grosse-Bley and head of sports Walter De Greogrio.
Grosse-Bley had to leave the Ringier publishing house in 2002 after the "Ringier-Borer" affair. His wife, the Berlin correspondent Alexandra Würzbach, had written in Sonntagsblick about a love affair between the then Swiss ambassador Thomas Borer and a make-up artist, which, however, could not be proven. Borer lost his ambassadorship, the Ringier publishing house apologized for the reporting and paid a compensation sum. Grosse-Bley then left Sonntagsblick because the basis of trust was no longer there, as was said at the time.
