Luzi Bernet becomes Editor-in-Chief of NZZ am Sonntag
Felix E. Müller hands over the management of NZZ am Sonntag to Luzi Bernet, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of NZZ. Felix E. Müller will remain active as an author and consultant for the NZZ media group. Nicole Althaus is the new Editor-in-Chief of Magazines.
The Board of Directors of the NZZ Media Group has appointed Luzi Bernet (53) as Editor-in-Chief of NZZ am Sonntag. He will succeed Felix E. Müller, who is retiring, on October 1, 2017. "Luzi Bernet is an outstanding journalist with a broad range of interests and an integrative leader. I am convinced that he is the ideal candidate to continue the unique success story of NZZ am Sonntag," says Etienne Jornod, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the NZZ Media Group. The successor to Luzi Bernet at the head of the Zurich department has not yet been determined.
Luzi Bernet was part of the founding team of NZZ am Sonntag in 2002, headed up the Sunday title's Switzerland section from 2004 and became its deputy editor-in-chief in 2006. In 2010, he moved to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, initially as head of news and since 2015 as head of the Zurich department. He has also been deputy editor-in-chief of the NZZ since 2012. Luzi Bernet studied general history, economic and social history and general constitutional law at the University of Zurich. He began his journalistic career in 1990 at the Zürichsee-Zeitung. From 1992 to 1994, he worked as a European correspondent in Brussels for various Swiss regional newspapers before returning to the "Zürichsee-Zeitung" in 1994 and becoming its editor-in-chief in 1998. Luzi Bernet is married and has three children.
Felix E. Müller (66) co-founded NZZ am Sonntag and has been Editor-in-Chief from the very beginning. He is also responsible for the book publisher NZZ Libro and in 2015 he also took over responsibility for all NZZ magazines. "The NZZ am Sonntag owes a great deal to Felix E. Müller. Under his leadership, the title has established itself as an independent journalistic voice and commercially successful Sunday title. I am delighted that we can continue to count on his advice," says Etienne Jornod. Felix E. Müller will remain with the company. He will advise the Business Media division - in particular the Swiss Economic Forum (SEF) - on content issues and write for the NZZ titles.
The NZZ am Sonntag is clearly positioned differently in the market than the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. According to the press release, the NZZ media group intends to maintain this journalistic independence.
The position of Nicole Althaus, member of the editorial board of NZZ am Sonntag, has been upgraded. From October 1, she will be responsible for all NZZ magazines and periodicals as well as the book publisher NZZ Libro as Editor-in-Chief Magazine.
