Roger Köppel secures German authors

At the beginning of October, Roger Köppel took over the management of Weltwoche as publisher again, after he had managed the German daily newspaper from Axel Springer called Welt for two years. It was agreed with Mathias Döpfner, head of the Springer publishing house, that Köppel would continue to be able to draw on journalists from the Spinger publishing house. In return, Köppel will continue to write regularly for Die Welt for five years, reports the SonntagsZeitung. At a podium in Schaffhausen in April of this year, Köppel had already spoken of a "triumvirate" of Welt, Welt am Sonntag and Weltwoche, the SonntagsZeitung continued. How close a possible collaboration could be, however, is currently still the subject of speculation. Creativity offensive with ongoing savings round The reason for the deal is the redimensioning of staff in Zurich. Although Köppel has announced a creativity offensive on the reader and advertising market, efficiency improvement programs are apparently also intended to increase profits while maintaining the same earnings situation. According to internal information, the deficit of the traditional title currently amounts to two million francs. Since the announcement to take over the paper, eleven employees have left or will leave the company, writes SonntagsZeitung. However, Köppel has only hired four new employees so far.