Ariane Dayer becomes new editor-in-chief of Le Matin
The French-speaking Swiss newspaper Le Matin is being reorganized and will have a new editor-in-chief in Ariane Dayer. At the end of September, she will succeed Peter Rothenbühler, who within four years has made the paper the most widely read newsstand paper in French-speaking Switzerland.
At Le Matin, the newsstand newspaper in western Switzerland published by Edipresse, not only will the new concept be implemented on September 30, but there will also be a change in the editorial management. Deputy Editor-in-Chief Ariane Dayer will succeed Editor-in-Chief Peter Rothenbühler, who has led the newspaper since 2002 and increased readership by 33 percent. Deputy Editor-in-Chief will be Michel Jeanneret, who already holds this position together with Dayer.
The 44-year-old is the first woman to head an Edipresse daily newspaper. She once wrote for the news magazine L'Hebdo, which she headed as editor-in-chief from 1997 to 2002. In 2004, she founded the satirical magazine Saturne and headed it until 2006, when she moved to Le Matin Dimanche and later became deputy editor-in-chief at Le Matin Semaine.
Peter Rothenbühler will remain Director of the editorial offices of Le Matin (Semaine, Dimanche and Bleu) until the end of 2008. As of January 2009, he will become Deputy Director of Edipresse Switzerland publications alongside Eric Hoesli, member of the General Management of Edipresse.
The 44-year-old is the first woman to head an Edipresse daily newspaper. She once wrote for the news magazine L'Hebdo, which she headed as editor-in-chief from 1997 to 2002. In 2004, she founded the satirical magazine Saturne and headed it until 2006, when she moved to Le Matin Dimanche and later became deputy editor-in-chief at Le Matin Semaine.
Peter Rothenbühler will remain Director of the editorial offices of Le Matin (Semaine, Dimanche and Bleu) until the end of 2008. As of January 2009, he will become Deputy Director of Edipresse Switzerland publications alongside Eric Hoesli, member of the General Management of Edipresse.
