Peter Röthlisberger becomes editor-in-chief of Blick am Abend
The transformation of the evening newspaper Heute into Blick am Abend is taking shape: Ringier announced on Friday that Peter Röthlisberger, until now deputy editor-in-chief of Sonntagsblick, will head the editorial team as editor-in-chief from June 2. His successor at Sobli will be Hannes Britschgi, most recently Editor-in-Chief and Head of RingierTV. The free newspaper will be published on June 2, 2008.
The transformation of the evening newspaper Heute into Blick am Abend is taking shape: Ringier announced on Friday that Peter Röthlisberger, until now deputy editor-in-chief of Sonntagsblick, will head the editorial team as editor-in-chief from June 2, when Blick am Abend will also be published for the first time. Röthlisberger's successor at Sobli will be Hannes Britschgi, who most recently worked as Editor-in-Chief and Head of RingierTV. The head position at RingierTV will be taken over ad interim by Marc Görtz. Röthlisberger has been deputy editor-in-chief at Sonntagsblick since February 2007. The historian was previously editor-in-chief and program director at TeleZüri, then domestic editor-in-chief at Weltwoche and head of economics at Schweizer Illustrierte. Markus Helbling, 36, will become deputy editor-in-chief at Blick am Abend. He previously held various positions in the sports department of Swiss television and has been project manager for Euro 08 at Ringier Switzerland since 2007.
"The designated editor-in-chief
Peter Röthlisberger and his deputy Markus Helbling are currently refining the basic concept of Blick am Abend," Ringier Group spokesman Marco Castellaneta told Werbewoche. The employees of Heute will also be heavily involved in this development in project groups with immediate effect. It is also reported that Blick am Abend will continue to be run by the same editorial team as Heute. The basic concept for the new free title was developed by Marc Walder together with Daniel Pillard, Managing Director of Ringier Switzerland, and Stephane Carpentier, Ringier Art Director.
Daniel Steil, who helped develop Heute from the outset and has been editor-in-chief of the Abendzeitung since Bernhard Weissberg's appointment to the top job at Blick, is therefore leaving the free newspaper. He is still in talks about a further position at Ringier Verlag, according to the media group's press release.
Christian Dorer will remain deputy editor-in-chief at Sonntagsblick alongside Britschgi. Before joining Ringier, Britschgi worked for 15 years as a journalist, presenter and editor-in-chief at Swiss television in the programs "Rundschau", "Kassensturz", "Max" and "Karussell" and later for three years as editor-in-chief of the news magazine Facts. Britschgi will start at Sonntagsblick on April 15. As before, Sonntagsblatt will be managed by Marc Walder, who is also Editorial Director of the Ringier newspapers Blick, Sonntagsblick and Heute and Blick am Abend.
"The designated editor-in-chief
Peter Röthlisberger and his deputy Markus Helbling are currently refining the basic concept of Blick am Abend," Ringier Group spokesman Marco Castellaneta told Werbewoche. The employees of Heute will also be heavily involved in this development in project groups with immediate effect. It is also reported that Blick am Abend will continue to be run by the same editorial team as Heute. The basic concept for the new free title was developed by Marc Walder together with Daniel Pillard, Managing Director of Ringier Switzerland, and Stephane Carpentier, Ringier Art Director.
Daniel Steil, who helped develop Heute from the outset and has been editor-in-chief of the Abendzeitung since Bernhard Weissberg's appointment to the top job at Blick, is therefore leaving the free newspaper. He is still in talks about a further position at Ringier Verlag, according to the media group's press release.
Christian Dorer will remain deputy editor-in-chief at Sonntagsblick alongside Britschgi. Before joining Ringier, Britschgi worked for 15 years as a journalist, presenter and editor-in-chief at Swiss television in the programs "Rundschau", "Kassensturz", "Max" and "Karussell" and later for three years as editor-in-chief of the news magazine Facts. Britschgi will start at Sonntagsblick on April 15. As before, Sonntagsblatt will be managed by Marc Walder, who is also Editorial Director of the Ringier newspapers Blick, Sonntagsblick and Heute and Blick am Abend.
