Prominent reinforcement for the Newsnetz

The news network of Basler Zeitung, Berner Zeitung and Tages-Anzeiger can announce further additions: Philipp Löpfe, Rolf Löffler, Reto Knobel and Rico Bandle have come on board for the Internet project.

 The news network of Basler Zeitung, Berner Zeitung and Tages-Anzeiger can announce further additions: Philipp Löpfe, Rolf Löffler, Reto Knobel and Rico Bandle have joined the Internet project. 
Philipp Löpfe, the former editor-in-chief of the Tages-Anzeiger, has been writing a weekly analysis of the global economy on Tagesanzeiger.ch since the beginning of 2008. He will be working for Newsnetz in the broader role of economic expert. In the course of his career, Löpfe was editor-in-chief of Sonntagsblick, deputy editor-in-chief of Cash and editor-in-chief of Tagi from 1999 to 2002.
Rolf Löffler becomes Head of Production at Newsnetz. The 42-year-old historian began his journalistic career in 1993 as an editorial assistant at the Bieler Tagblatt. He also worked as a freelance journalist for the Solothurner Zeitung. After a foray into the PR sector, he has been in charge of the Thal-Gäu page at the Solothurner Tagblatt since 2006 and is the final editor.
Reto Knobel takes over the multimedia/digital editorial team. Knobel has been writing for Migros magazine since 2002, focusing on politics, business and sport. Prior to that, he was political editor at Cash and worked for various other media, including the weekly newspaper Internet Standard, Radio 100,6 in Berlin, NZZ and Sonntagszeitung.
Rico Bandle is taking over as head of the culture and society editorial team at Newsnetz. The graduate theater and media scientist, whose professional career also includes several years as a circus juggler and the management of the Variété Cosmos, which he founded, reported on the Swiss cultural scene for Blick. Since 2006, he has worked as a freelance cultural journalist and theater critic and is the editor of the web blog Kulturblog.ch.

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