While the print version of Technische Rundschau will continue to be produced unchanged for the time being, the industry magazine's website had to be redesigned as of July 1 and integrated into the Binkert Medien-Verlag Internet portal. This portal provides all Laufenburger Verlag publications with a design and function framework, allowing new publications and websites to be set up quickly and cost-effectively. The open source CMS "web Edition" forms the technical basis for the portal, which was implemented and managed by the Zurich-based Internet and media agency Update five years ago.
As a media partner of Swiss industry, Technische Rundschau reports on production and manufacturing technology, mechanical and plant engineering, industrial electronics, materials and automation. Previously, the title belonged to Swiss Professional Media in Basel, whose activities focus on medicine and transportation.

The Elancyl floor display for Pierre-Fabre Dermo-Kosmetik was recognized by the jury for its new design, functionality and optimal combination of different materials. Thanks to several presentation levels, the display enables optimal product range organization and flexible communication at the point of sale.

With the new slogan "Book Easy, Travel Happy", the online tour operator wants to make its value proposition to customers transparent to the public. The introduction of this promise will be accompanied by a specially tailored online campaign. As Ebookers writes in a press release, the slogan will be launched tomorrow, Wednesday, on all twelve European websites.

With effect from September 1, 2010, Jörg Eigendorf will become chief reporter of the newly formed seven-strong investigative reporting team of the Welt Group and, in this function, also a member of the editorial board. The economics graduate has been in charge of the business, finance and real estate department together with Thomas Exner since 2003.

He will be succeeded as head of department by his previous deputy, Olaf Gersemann. In future, he will be responsible for the Welt Group's economic and financial reporting alongside Thomas Exner.

Jan Dams has been appointed as the new deputy. He has been with the Welt Group since 2001 and currently works as a financial policy correspondent.

Dorothea Siems-Gerstenberger, who is responsible for economic policy in the politics section, will be appointed chief correspondent for economic policy at the same time.

The game principle is based on the classic card quartet. Car lovers and game enthusiasts can challenge their Facebook contacts to play at the click of a mouse. The principle is simple: as in the normal quartet, the card with the better value also wins in the online version and goes to the winner. The main prize is a 211 hp Seat Leon FR. The 20 most successful players will be invited to this year's Auto Zürich Car Show, where the Leon will finally be raffled off.
The game was awarded a silver buoy in the Online & Mobile Campaigns category at the Best of Swiss Web 2008.
Maxomedia is responsible for the concept and implementation. The game manager at Scout24 is Martin Koncilja, Head of Marketing AutoScout24 and ImmoScout24.

Bärtschi, who has worked for the Sonntagszeitung since 2003 and has been head of the news department since 2007, will take up his new position on October 1, 2010. Prior to his move, he worked for the Aargauer Zeitung and as a freelance journalist for various Swiss daily newspapers.
Dominic Geisseler will also become the new deputy editor-in-chief of the Sonntagszeitung in mid-August 2010. He was editor-in-chief of the magazine Schweizer Illustrierte until 2008 and was previously editor-in-chief of the program guides Tele, TV2 and TV4 as well as editor-in-chief of the Coopzeitung.
Simon Bärtschi and Dominic Geisseler are taking over from Armin Müller and Ueli Walther. Armin Müller is moving to the Handelszeitung as Chief Economist. Ueli Walther, who wishes to take on a new challenge, will be leaving the Sonntagszeitung at his own request at the end of October 2010. Ueli Walther took over as deputy editor-in-chief of the Sonntagszeitung in 2004.
The new editor-in-chief Martin Spieler, who will take up his position at the end of August 2010, will also strengthen his future team at the level of department heads, according to a Tamedia press release on Tuesday. In mid-August, Alice Chalupny will take over as the new head of the business section from the Handelszeitung, where she is currently responsible for the business section. She will replace Beat Schmid, who is expected to move to the SonntagsZeitung reporter team.
Silvia Aeschbach is the new head of the Trend Bund. She was a member of the editorial team at Blick and Facts before setting up her own style consultancy in 2008 and is now returning to journalism. She succeeds Ewa Hess, who has headed the Trend department on an interim basis since April 2010. Ewa Hess is once again concentrating on managing the culture section.
Sebastian Ramspeck will be the new head of Fokus-Bund. The political scientist has been working as a reporter for the Sonntagszeitung since 2008 and was previously business editor for the news magazine Spiegel. Denis von Burg, Head of the Federal Parliament editorial team, will also take over responsibility for the newly created Politics section.

Tele Ostschweiz had run into financial difficulties due to an appeal against the granting of the regional television license. The wait for the license had made it impossible to invest in technology and programming for a long time, the broadcaster said in a statement on Monday. It is now high time for both: instead of working with video tapes, digital recording, editing and playback technology is now being used. At the same time, the picture format will be changed from 4:3 to 16:9. In addition, the station is given a completely new design: logo, broadcasting equipment, studios. The content of the programmes will also be modernized; the daily news programme in particular will feature more original content and more talk shows. A new format is also planned for Mondays: "Atelier 3" is dedicated to topics and people in the region.
All these changes will come into force on August 16. Until then, extensive renovation work is underway at the Bionstrasse in St. Gallen, the studio location of Tele Ostschweiz. In addition to the daily news program, which is produced directly in the newsroom, Tele Ostschweiz will broadcast reports from NZZ Format every day from Monday to Thursday. At weekends, Marco Fritsche welcomes guests at various locations in Eastern Switzerland. In addition, TVO presents a special program from the summit of the Kronberg on the national holiday.

From August 2010, Sara Hildebrand will alternate with Nicole Berchtold and Annina Frey in front of the camera for "Glanz & Gloria". She is the successor to long-time "G&G" presenter Nadja Zimmerman. The 23-year-old from eastern Switzerland has been working as a presenter at Radio FM1 since 2006, where she trained as a reporter, radio presenter and editor. The music lover has also been studying German, history and education since 2008 and is preparing for her bachelor's degree in 2012.

If a man is ever at a loss, Playboy's new online guide is now at his side. On Derberater.de you can find information from all areas of life. Lust and love, fashion, motoring and sport are just a few of them. With this new offering, the men's magazine aims to meet men's "growing need for orientation and relevance", according to Playboy editor-in-chief Florian Boitin. The advisor promises to provide "everything men need to know". In fact, many an essential question is answered when visiting the website. For example, whether the fan scarf can also be worn outside the stadium. How to recognize the plainclothes police. Whether there is an optimal penis curvature. Or how to pull off the butt bomb of a lifetime in the pool. Definitely, if a man has the concentrated knowledge that can be found on the consultant website, he is ideally equipped for life.

His successor Pflimlin was already Director General of the TV channel France 3. Most recently, the 56-year-old organized the recapitalization of the national press distributor Presstalis. Sarkozy's appointment of the head of France Télévisions had been heavily criticized in the past. In a recent manifesto, 100 personalities from the worlds of film, television and politics protested against the move, saying that it jeopardized independence and represented an intolerable step backwards. Among them were former Prime Ministers Lionel Jospin and Dominique de Villepin as well as former Culture Minister Jack Lang.
Pflimlin has a difficult task ahead of him. He must position the state TV holding company in the dispute over the advertising ban that has already been decided. He will also decide on the privatization of the subsidiary France Télévisions Publicité, which is active in the advertising sector. The "Pflimlin" personnel decision still has to be confirmed by the supervisory body CSA and the two chambers of parliament. "Who will seriously dare to oppose the will of the president?" reads the manifesto entitled "Liberate public broadcasting".

The quality of the projects and their implementation will be assessed by a jury of experts - including the current Advertiser of the Year 2010, Regula Fecker. The award ceremony will take place on Wednesday, September 15 in the auditorium of the HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich. Should a "Communicator" go to French-speaking Switzerland, a CC aperitif will be held for the first time at the "Maison de la Communication" in Lausanne at the end of September.

More info: Award-cc.com.

The Zurich agency will produce the annual report for Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank (BLKB) for the years 2010 to 2012.