Publisher Max U. Rapold has died

Max U. Rapold, former President of the Swiss Association of Newspaper and Magazine Publishers (SZV) and publisher of Schaffhauser Nachrichten, has died at the age of 82. Rapold had chaired the SVZ from 1980 to 1992 and was also a member of the Ethics Council of the Swiss Press Association. From 1971 to 1999, he was Chairman of the Executive Board of Meier+Cie. Druckerei und Verlag, the publishing house of Schaffhauser Nachrichten. Rapold was also editor-in-chief of the paper until 1994. Schaffhauser Nachrichten announced on Saturday that Rapold had died after a long illness. He remained Honorary Chairman of the company's Board of Directors until his death.