Andres Büchi becomes Editor-in-Chief of the Beobachter
The new Editor-in-Chief of the Beobachter is Andres Büchi. The 51-year-old will take over as editor-in-chief of the popular magazine on July 1, 2008 at the latest, succeeding Balz Hosang, who has been editor-in-chief of the Beobachter since May 2002.
The new editor-in-chief of the Beobachter is Andres Büchi. The 51-year-old, who is incidentally not related to Axel Springer Switzerland CEO Ralph Büchi, will take over as editor-in-chief of the popular magazine on July 1, 2008 at the latest, according to a statement issued on Wednesday. He already worked as head of copy and pagemaker at the Beobachter from 1998 to 1999, before moving to the editorial management of the Sonntagszeitung and later to the Tages-Anzeiger. Andres Büchi succeeds Balz Hosang, who has been editor-in-chief of the Beobachter since May 2002. Hosang will assume overall responsibility for all journalistic areas of the Beobachter (see
). Under the overall management of Balz Hosang, the Beobachter now has a strong management team with the new editor-in-chief and Remo Leupin (editorial management of supplements and projects) and Monica Muijsers (management of Beobachter Online), who also joined the team in April 2008, as well as the head of the consultancy center Toni Wirz, the statement continues.
). Under the overall management of Balz Hosang, the Beobachter now has a strong management team with the new editor-in-chief and Remo Leupin (editorial management of supplements and projects) and Monica Muijsers (management of Beobachter Online), who also joined the team in April 2008, as well as the head of the consultancy center Toni Wirz, the statement continues.
