Future view

Press The first adjustments to save Blick are underway. For the time being, optimization is taking place on the sidelines of SonntagsBlick, whose editor-in-chief will be transferred to Mark Walder, still editor-in-chief of SI, from mid-February. Christoph Grenacher, in office as SoBli boss since March 2004, will continue to be employed within the Ringier publishing house. Walder is regarded as the preferred candidate and his enthronement is probably also a test scenario for the new strong man at the top of Ringier Switzerland. Thomas Landolt, a combative returnee from the Carpathian country of Romania, has proven himself as a crisis manager in the unpredictable boom of the Romanian economy. With the reshuffle at the top of SoBli, Landolt can comfortably test the sensitivities at Dufourstrasse and will know the reflexes when it comes to pushing through the strategic goals at the faltering flagship Blick or even scratching the "emancipated" tabloid understanding of Ringier's chief mastermind Frank A. Meyer. René Worni