Davos newspaper with editor-in-chief again

After months of turmoil and periods without an editorial staff, the Davoser Zeitung’s fortunes now seem to be returning to a more orderly course: Hanspeter Lebrument will become president of the publishing house, Thomas Günter will take over as editor-in-chief starting in November, and Hans Zimmermann, the former managing editor, is returning to the paper.

 After months of turmoil and periods without an editorial team, the fortunes of the Davoser Zeitung now seem to be returning to a more orderly course: Hanspeter Lebrument has been appointed president of the publishing house, Thomas Günter will take over as editor-in-chief in November and Hans Zimmermann, the former editorial director, is returning to the paper.The Davoser Zeitung has had a turbulent time: due to profound disagreements between the editorial team and the publishing house management, the twice-weekly newspaper suddenly found itself without an editorial team in June (see
). In July, the publisher, Buchdruckei Davos, changed hands (see ). Now the situation has normalized. Thomas Günter, a native of Davos with a doctorate in natural sciences, has joined the newspaper's management team. Günter earned his journalistic spurs as the editor in charge at Der Schweizerische Hausigentümer, according to SDA. Former boss Hans Zimmermann has been recruited for the second editorial position, while the third editorial position will be filled at a later date.

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