According to SDA, media mogul Rupert Murdoch's US media group earned a bottom line of 775 million dollars in its first quarter ended September - more than a third more than in the same period last year. Turnover rose from 7.2 billion to 7.4 billion dollars.
News Corp. owns the film studio 20th Century Fox, the Fox television chain, newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal or the British Times and Sun as well as book publishers. In Germany, Murdoch controls the pay-TV channel Sky Deutschland (formerly Premiere). In the UK, he is currently looking to acquire the entire BSkyB television group.
Competitor Time Warner also reported a jump in sales on Wednesday. Advertising spots and fees for its pay channels filled the US media group's coffers in the third quarter of 2010. Overall, Time Warner sales rose by 2 percent to 6.4 billion dollars compared to the same period last year. However, the early settlement of debts had a negative impact on the company's profits. The bottom line was only 522 million dollars, a fall of 21 percent.

Welte, who joined the St. Galler Nachrichten from the Anzeiger in 1990, will continue to cover parts of his special topics of politics and business, according to a press release issued on Thursday. He will also support the new management.
After studying ethnology, sociology and anthropology, Bernard Marks worked for many years as a freelance journalist for Die Zeit, Die Welt, Readers Digest, National Geographic and various daily newspapers in Germany. Around six years ago, he took over the position of editorial director at the Toggenburger Zeitung in Wattwil. In 2006, he took over as head of the Flawil department at the Wiler Zeitung and since 2009 has also been responsible for the weekly newspaper Anzeiger Flawil-Degersheim.

Only healthier Happy Meals that meet a list of strict nutritional requirements are then allowed to include toys as promotional gifts. "Healthy" in this case means less fat, salt and sugar as well as fruit and vegetables included.
"A huge victory for the health of our children" is how the initiator of this ban, a certain Eric Mar, sees it. Scott Rodrick, owner of ten McDonalds outlets in San Francisco, is understandably not overly enthusiastic. He complains that the city council has thus banned the term "Happy" from the popular children's meals. Councillor Mar, however, defends the decision: it is not a ban on "Happy Meals", but merely an incentive to serve healthier food. Happy Meal, unhappy Meal or whatever: whether the new law will make American kids less fat as they roll through the streets of San Francisco remains questionable. But hope dies last, after all ...

Ideas can be submitted online until mid-December. Registered users can also comment on and rate them there. eZürich is the largest online participation process in Switzerland to date, according to a press release issued by the City of Zurich's Organization and IT department on Thursday.
The aim of the ideas competition is to tap into the creative potential of the population for the digital future of Zurich. The three ideas that receive the highest marks from users will be presented to a specialist audience at a three-day workshop in January 2011. In addition, the city administration will select up to three further ideas to be pursued and promoted, according to the press release.
The City Council has declared eZurich a priority for the 2010-2014 legislative period. Zurich is to become a pioneer and model city for IT and communication services (ICT). According to City Councillor Martin Vollenwyder, eZurich will not only give the city a new and attractive foothold, but will also boost and support the financial center and Zurich as a technology location.

The agency from Pfäffikon ZH has invented the largest beer stein for its customer Brauerei Rosengarten. It holds 10.4 liters and is actually a self-cooling beer keg over which the printed textile stocking is placed, transforming the KoolKeg into a giant beer stein.
Responsible at the Rosengarten brewery: Alois Gmür (master brewer). Responsible at Kälinkom & Partner: Rolf Kälin (Creative Direction), Rolf Kälin/John Leuppi (Concept), (Michael Stoz (Graphics), Henry Pierre Schultz (Photography).

She has many years of experience at well-known major agencies as an agency producer and art buyer and worked for several years as a recording and production manager for commissioned productions and feature films, according to a statement from the agency. As a producer, she will oversee commercial, corporate and interactive projects.

Well over 600 guests applauded the 12 winners of gold, silver, or bronze awards, as well as the six special prizes for cinematography, directing, or screenwriting. The show was hosted by Dieter Moor.
> See the winners (PDF)

Roland Kohler has many years of experience and broad knowledge in the telecommunications industry, particularly in the area of fiber to the home, according to a statement from the Swisscom subsidiary. He previously held various positions in the network environment for the former Telecom PTT and Swisscom. He then moved to Reichle & De-Massari, where he worked internationally for the Carrier (Telecomoperators) business unit. For the last six years, the 46-year-old has been a member of the management team responsible for sales strategy to telecommunications companies, where he implemented the strategic Public Network business area worldwide. He has also been a member of the FTTH Council Europe since 2007 and of Asia/PAC and America since 2008.

The new management organization is to come into force by the end of February 2011, as SRG announced on Thursday. Roger de Weck will officially take over from Armin Walpen on January 1, 2011.
In future, the four regional directors will also take on national tasks. Dino Balestra (Director of RSI) will coordinate the reorganization of the networks within SRG. Gilles Marchand (Director of RTS) is responsible for Group marketing and international relations. Rudolf Matter (designated Director of Swiss Radio and Television, SRF) is leading the work on methods for measuring the audience success of multimedia TV-radio offerings. Mariano Tschuor (Director of RTR) coordinates the program cooperation of the four language regions as well as the national programs and multimedia offerings.
Finance Director Daniel Jorio is also a member of the Executive Board. Another new member is the Director of Operations, who has not yet been elected. This new function is responsible for systems, processes, technology and national projects in production, IT and support, as well as for real estate.
Swissinfo Director Peter Schibli is leaving the General Management, as SRG spokesperson Daniel Steiner told the news agency SDA. He will remain head of Swissinfo. The current Director of Television Ueli Haldimann and the current Director of Radio Iso Rechsteiner are also leaving the General Management. As part of the convergence process, Rudolf Matter will take over their responsibilities. Haldimann is leaving SRG at the end of the year, Steiner explained according to SDA. Rechsteiner will remain with SRG as Deputy Head of the Programs Department and as SRF Program Officer.
In future, the four current "participants" in the Executive Board will only be "consulted on a specialist basis": Gérard Tschopp, Thomas Waldmeier, Rainer Keller and Max Gurtner.
General Secretariat is created
A new General Secretariat will be created to bundle the following tasks: Market research and now the review of the quality of programs, preliminary work on strategy, reporting and risk management and the legal service. The Secretary General - like the Director of Operations - is to be appointed by the Board of Directors on December 16.
According to the SRG press release, the media world is in a state of upheaval. Technology and the media behavior of fee-payers are changing. SRG and Switzerland as a media center must hold their own against global multimedia providers. "I am counting on teamwork and good cooperation between the Directorate General and the four regions," Roger de Weck is quoted as saying in the press release.
By the end of February, elections will be held for other positions to be filled at the second management level. Vacancies will initially be advertised internally. De Weck comments: "SRG SSR has many high-profile executives. They should have the opportunity to take on further responsibility."

For every tin of biscuits sold, 30 francs will go directly to the Pro Juventute Foundation, which has been helping children and young people in Switzerland for 100 years. The "Züri Guetzlis" can be ordered from November 1 via Zueri-guetzlet.ch be ordered.
Responsible at Pro Juventute: Jérôme Strijibis (Head of Partnerships, Fundraising and Sales). Responsible at Diebündner Zurich: Adrian Huwyler (overall responsibility), Katja Klee (consulting), Sandra Murschetz (AD), Luc Müller (text), Veronique Futterknecht (graphics), Remo Wermuth (image editing), Roger Rutishauser (programming), Stefan Imhof (production), Gary Kammerhuber (photo).

The agency created the commercial under the slogan of the Eastern Switzerland further education institute that continuous learning is essential nowadays in order to get the good jobs.
The cinema spot can be seen in October/November 2010.
To the spot
Responsible at IQ Management Center: Martina Aebi (Head of School Secretariat). Responsible at Agentur am Flughafen, Altenrhein: Benita Sutter (concept/direction), Miriam Egli (text). Production: Dennis Ledergerber and Manuel Schneider (Visual Arts GmbH).