New editor-in-chief at Werdenberger & Obertoggenburger

Thomas Schwizer will become the new editor-in-chief of the Werdenberger & Obertoggenburger daily newspaper as of June 1, 2006. This was announced on Friday by Buchs Medien AG, publisher of the W&O. The 47-year-old Schwizer has been editor-in-chief of the Sarganserlander, a local daily newspaper with eight editors, since summer 1994. Prior to that, he had been head of the Rheintalische Volkszeitung in Altstätten for almost four years. At Werdenberger & Obertoggenburger, he will, according to SDA, succeed Editor-in-Chief Kuno Bont, who is stepping down after eight years to set up his own business.