Ringier Switzerland: Personnel changes and new functions
Michael Voss will become Head of Corporate Development and Strategy at Ringier Switzerland and will join the Executive Board; Hannes Britschgi will become political editor of the Blick Group; Karsten Witzmann and Clemens Studer will become deputy editors-in-chief of Blick; and Jürg Lehmann, head of the journalism school, will serve as a writer and senior editor for the Blick Group until 2011.
Michael Voss, 50, will become a new member of the Executive Board of Ringier Switzerland, the media company announced on Thursday. He will take up his position as Head of Corporate Development and Strategy on January 11, 2010. Michael Voss has been working as an independent consultant for the Spiegel Group and the management consultancy Schickler on various international media projects since 2009. After studying business administration, he has held management positions at various national and international subsidiaries of Gruner+Jahr (G+J) and the Spiegel Group since 1994. Among others, he was Managing Director of G+J Wirtschaftspresse, Börse Online Verlagsgesellschaft, Expres-Group in Bucharest, Daphne Communications in Athens and manager magazin Verlagsgesellschaft in Hamburg.
Head of politics of the Blick Group appointed
With the launch of the Newsroom at the beginning of March 2010, Hannes Britschgi will assume responsibility as Head of Politics at the Blick Group. In his role as Editor-in-Chief of Sonntagsblick and previously of the TV program Rundschau and the news magazine Facts, the 54-year-old has dealt intensively with politics. He is taking on the role of Head of Politics at the Blick Group in addition to his duties as Editor-in-Chief of Sonntagsblick. According to the press release, this high-profile appointment underlines Ringier's commitment to dedicated political reporting by the Blick Group and its ambition to increase its presence in Bern. The Blick Group's Head of Politics is responsible for the political content of all Blick Group publications, i.e. Blick, SonntagsBlick, Blick am Abend and Blick.ch.
Karsten Witzmann and Clemens Studer will become deputy editors-in-chief of Blick. Witzmann currently works for the Axel Springer publishing house as deputy editor-in-chief of the Berlin edition of Bild. The 48-year-old has been married to a Swiss woman for 13 years and has a son. He will take up his post on February 1, 2010. Studer is currently the editor and head of politics at Blick. The 43-year-old has been with Blick since 2000. He will start in his new position on February 1, 2010.
Senior Editor for the Blick Group
As there will be no trainee course at the Ringier School of Journalism in 2010, the head of the school and former Blick editor-in-chief, Jürg Lehmann, will be working as an author and senior editor for the Blick Group until a new trainee course is launched. He will contribute his many years of experience from various functions within the Swiss media landscape, particularly in political journalism, and will initially work for Blick.
Head of politics of the Blick Group appointed
With the launch of the Newsroom at the beginning of March 2010, Hannes Britschgi will assume responsibility as Head of Politics at the Blick Group. In his role as Editor-in-Chief of Sonntagsblick and previously of the TV program Rundschau and the news magazine Facts, the 54-year-old has dealt intensively with politics. He is taking on the role of Head of Politics at the Blick Group in addition to his duties as Editor-in-Chief of Sonntagsblick. According to the press release, this high-profile appointment underlines Ringier's commitment to dedicated political reporting by the Blick Group and its ambition to increase its presence in Bern. The Blick Group's Head of Politics is responsible for the political content of all Blick Group publications, i.e. Blick, SonntagsBlick, Blick am Abend and Blick.ch.
Karsten Witzmann and Clemens Studer will become deputy editors-in-chief of Blick. Witzmann currently works for the Axel Springer publishing house as deputy editor-in-chief of the Berlin edition of Bild. The 48-year-old has been married to a Swiss woman for 13 years and has a son. He will take up his post on February 1, 2010. Studer is currently the editor and head of politics at Blick. The 43-year-old has been with Blick since 2000. He will start in his new position on February 1, 2010.
Senior Editor for the Blick Group
As there will be no trainee course at the Ringier School of Journalism in 2010, the head of the school and former Blick editor-in-chief, Jürg Lehmann, will be working as an author and senior editor for the Blick Group until a new trainee course is launched. He will contribute his many years of experience from various functions within the Swiss media landscape, particularly in political journalism, and will initially work for Blick.
Michael Voss.
