Editor-in-chief of the Olten Tagblatt retires

 Kurt Schibler, editor-in-chief of the Olten Tagblatt, is retiring after 17 years in office. He spent a total of 27 years on the editorial staff of the daily newspaper, which has been part of the Mittelland newspaper group since 1994. Beat Nützi, with whom Schibler has shared the editorship in recent years, will now be the sole editor-in-chief. Ueli Wild will be Nützi's deputy, as the Aargauer Zeitung reported on Friday. Schibler began his career at the Oltner Tagblatt in 1981 and is described by the Aargauer Zeitung as an "old-school generalist" who created a medium with its own opinion with his editorials and commentaries. However, he also had to cope with difficult tasks and, like many medium-sized publishers, had to contend with dwindling advertising income and rising production costs. In 1994, the cooperation with the Mittelland newspaper association took place. The last major challenge for Schibler, who will continue to write for his paper, was the publication of the Sunday edition as part of the MZ.