Peter Wanner is "Publisher of the Year"

The publisher of Mittelland Zeitung, Peter Wanner (62), has been named "Publisher of the Year" by industry magazine Schweizer Journalist. The award was presented for the first time, but in future it will be presented annually to personalities who are innovative and secure the future of their companies. According to the press release, this is also intended to send out a signal that editorial and publishing are one unit and that both need each other. The award will be presented at the upcoming Publishers' Congress in St. Moritz.
The jury justified its decision by stating that Wanner had managed to find a successful model for regional newspapers in an extremely difficult environment that would ensure their independence in the future.

Four years ago, as publisher of the Aargauer Zeitung of the Limmattaler Tagblatt, Wanner developed the Mittelland Zeitung cooperation model. It was Wanner who suggested to the other publishers that they develop a supra-regional section under the joint new Mittelland Zeitung brand, while continuing to produce the regional sections independently and remaining independent as publishers. The model works. With more than 450,000 readers, Mittelland Zeitung now ranks third among newspapers sold in Switzerland.