Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich: Markus Hegglin steps down as editor-in-chief and managing director
Markus Hegglin will be stepping down from his roles as editor-in-chief and managing director of the *Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich* in the coming months for health reasons. After taking some time off, he is expected to take on other responsibilities within the Tamedia media group, if possible.
The 53-year-old Markus Hegglin has headed the Tagblatt editorial team since 1994 and also took over the management of the city's official gazette in 2008. Over the past 17 years, Markus Hegglin has played a key role in shaping the Tagblatt of the city of Zurich, according to a press release issued on Thursday. In 1999, the Tagblatt was repositioned as a commuter newspaper under the name Zürich Express, before the official gazette returned to its original name in 2003. In 2006, the Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich reinvented itself as a city magazine with a weekly publication frequency and made its way back to commercial success.
The Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich is the official gazette of the city of Zurich and is distributed to city households on Wednesdays. With a circulation of 141,467 copies, the Tagblatt reaches around one in two people in Zurich.
