NZZ Group in the driver's seat

Regional press Zürcher Unterland Medien provides three of the five members of the board of directors of the Neue Bülacher Tagblatt When the integration of the Neue Bülacher Tagblatt (NBT) into the Zürcher Unterländer's headline system was announced in September, there was only talk of "close editorial and technical cooperation". The fact that the takeover of the NBT publisher Druckerei Graf by Zürcher Unterland Medien had already been decided at the time could be guessed. However, nobody wanted to confirm this at the time. Now it is in black and white in the commercial register. It can be read that Druckerei Graf has been renamed Neue Bülacher Tagblatt AG in the last few days and that the previous owners, brothers Karl Heinz and Dieter Graf, have relinquished the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship but will remain on the Board of Directors. It has also been announced that three of the now five seats on the Board of Directors will go to Zürcher Unterland Medien, which belongs to the Freie Presse Holding (NZZ Group): Its managing director Erland Herkenrath, who is also managing director of Zürichsee Medien, will take over the NBT chairmanship.
In addition, two other members of the Board of Directors of Zürcher Unterland Medien will also be joining. One of them, Emanuel Hunziker, will become Vice President of the NBT. Since November 6, the NBT has been part of the Zürcher Landzeitung, the association of Zürichsee Zeitung, Unterländer and Oberländer.   
 
Markus Knöpfli