Philipp Landmark becomes new editor-in-chief of the St. Galler Tagblatt
Philipp Landmark has been appointed the new editor-in-chief of the St. Galler Tagblatt by St. Galler Tagblatt AG. The 42-year-old will succeed Gottlieb F. Höpli in the spring of 2009, as the newspaper announced on its website.
Philipp Landmark was elected as the new Editor-in-Chief of the St. Galler Tagblatt AG by the Board of Directors of St. Galler Tagblatt AG on Friday morning. The 42-year-old will replace Gottlieb F. Höpli in spring 2009, as the newspaper announced on its website. Landmark was chosen after a hearing by the editorial team. He has been head of the city editorial office of the eastern Swiss daily newspaper since 2006.
Landmark was previously the editor of Schaffhauser Nachrichten, where he also began his journalistic career. In the 1990s, he was a correspondent in Oslo and then headed the Linth Zeitung in Rapperswil. The previous editor-in-chief Gottlieb F. Höpli is retiring after 15 years at the Tagblatt. He came to St. Gallen from the NZZ.
