Facts with new Head of Department Switzerland

Philippe Pfister (43) is to become the new Head of Switzerland for the Tamedia news magazine Facts. Pfister has been head of news at SonntagsZeitung for five years and will take up his new job at the beginning of 2007. Pfister will also become a member of the editorial board. Pfister will replace the previous head of politics, Martin Breitenstein, who is leaving Facts (see Martin Breitenstein leaves Facts
) to move to a law firm. Breitenstein only took over the newly created position of Head of Politics in May of this year.