Media Criticism Switzerland: Philip Kübler New President
Change in leadership at Medienkritik Schweiz: Philip Kübler becomes the new president, succeeding Gottlieb F. Höpli, who will now focus on the association's advisory board.
The general meeting of the association Media Criticism Switzerland has elected four new members to the board: Ruth Halter, Zurich Radio Foundation; Pius Knüsel, Director of the Volkshochschule Zurich; Matthias Künzler, University of Zurich; and Stefan Vannoni, Economiesuisse. The board then elected a new chairman, Philip Kübler. He replaces Gottlieb F. Höpli, who has led the association since its foundation. In the future, he will take care of the advisory board of the association, which is to form alongside the board and support it. The constitution of the advisory board is planned for the coming year.
The new President Philip Kübler is a specialist in media, IT, telecommunications and contract law and in governance and compliance issues for organizations. He is an attorney-at-law and works full-time for Swisscom, first as Chief Legal Officer for many years and currently with responsibility for corporate transactions. Philip Kübler is a lecturer in media law at the University of Zurich and a member of the Federal Media Commission (EMEK), an advisory body to the Federal Council on media policy issues. Until recently, Philip Kübler served for twelve years as a member of the Swiss Press Council, and in parallel was involved in the founding of the association Medienkritik Schweiz and served on its board.
Philip Kübler says of his new task: "Dealing with the media is an important secondary matter for professionals in companies and institutions - but for democracy in Switzerland, the media are a main matter." Medienkritik Schweiz aims to promote understanding of the media and engagement with journalism and its environment. When users, media professionals and numerous associations observe and evaluate media performance, this should be shown on the platforms of Medienkritik Schweiz. "We will continue our thematic events and further develop the website as a platform for media criticism," says Philip Kübler in a statement. No one can be indifferent to what media professionals and editorial offices in Switzerland achieve, how they are positioned and in what legal, political, economic and cultural framework they operate. The association Medienkritik Schweiz would like to make its contribution from an expert and independent point of view. "We do not want to distinguish ourselves by pointed criticism of individual media services, but primarily aggregate the media criticism of others and point out media-critical processes."
