Finanz und Wirtschaft restructures newspaper, online and editorial offices
From Saturday, January 14, 2012, Finanz und Wirtschaft will be published as a new Zweibund newspaper with a refreshed design. The investor newspaper also has a new editor-in-chief and an expanded editorial team.
The previous rigid separation between Switzerland and abroad in corporate reporting will be abolished, as detailed in a press release issued on Thursday. The first section, "Companies", is now dedicated to company and sector analysis with a global perspective and continues to cover all listed Swiss companies. The second bundle, "Markets", is intended to provide an overview with macroeconomic analyses and reports on strategic investment topics at the level of asset classes such as equities, bonds, commodities, foreign exchange, derivatives and emerging markets.
In order to meet the changes in the markets and readers' need for up-to-date information, Finanz und Wirtschaft will be launching a completely revamped digital offering in a few weeks' time, according to a statement. This will include detailed reporting and will be available online as well as on tablets and smartphones. The service is subject to a charge and is available as an annual subscription at a price of CHF 274. The newspaper can still be subscribed to - including the digital offering - for CHF 332 per year. A small part of the online content, such as the Morgenreport, will remain available free of charge.
Personnel changes
As a result, Finanz und Wirtschaft has also restructured its editorial team and expanded it to around 50 journalists, who are fully integrated into both the newspaper and the digital offering. Mark Dittli has worked with the Managing Director of Finanz und Wirtschaft, Martin Coninx, and the project team over the past year to drive forward the further development of the newspaper and its digital offering. He took over as editor-in-chief at the beginning of January 2012. He succeeds Peter Schuppliwho took early retirement at the end of the year after more than 35 years at Finanz und Wirtschaft. He will continue to work for Finanz und Wirtschaft as an author. Dittli joined Finanz und Wirtschaft in 2000 as domestic editor. The 37-year-old then spent five years as a foreign correspondent responsible for all economic and financial reporting from New York. He has been head of the foreign desk since 2008. Mark Dittli studied business economics and holds the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) title.
Two new deputy editors-in-chief were also added to the editorial team at the beginning of January 2012, Markus Diem Meier and Konrad Kochadded. Markus Diem Meier is responsible for the digital offering and web development, while Konrad Koch is the editor. Until the end of 2011, Diem Meier was head of the business section of the news network Newsnet. Before that, the 48-year-old historian and economist with a stock exchange license worked as a business journalist for national titles such as Handelszeitung, Bilanz and Facts. Konrad Koch has been editor of Finanz und Wirtschaft since 1986. He worked as a media documentarian and trained as a journalist at the Media Center in Hagen/Germany. At Finanz und Wirtschaft, the 59-year-old was previously in charge of the real estate dossier and was the editor responsible for the magazine Luxe, published in cooperation with Bilan.
The Corporate Division is now under the joint management of Jan Swallow and Adrian Blum. Elisabeth Tester leads together with Philippe Béguelin the Markets division. Manfred Rösch is responsible for the Opinions division, Hanspeter Frey for the side dishes.
